Shiva statue (1300 CE) |
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Friday 23 December 2022
Shiva: The Mahabharata’s God of Vengeance
Thursday 22 December 2022
Bhishma and the Kuru Bloodline
Vyasa with Satyavati (Geeta Press Illustration) |
Wednesday 21 December 2022
The Sons of Indra and Surya
Sunrise in Uttarakhand |
Who Controls Social Media and Mainstream Media?
Tuesday 20 December 2022
A View of the Mahabharata War
Statue of Krishna and Arjuna in chariot Kurukshetra (Haryana) |
Monday 19 December 2022
Garuda and the Metaphysics of Death and Rebirth
Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda (12th century sculpture) |
Sunday 18 December 2022
The Four Sons of Lord Shiva
The Pashupati Seal Depicting Shiva Mohenjo-Daro (2350–2000 BCE) |
Saturday 17 December 2022
Aurobindo: Nationalism is the Work of God
Copy of Bande Mataram Edited by Sri Aurobindo September 1907 |
Friday 16 December 2022
Ram Mohan Roy’s View of Sanskrit Education
Stamp Dedicated to the Sanskrit College (Issued in 1999) |
Thursday 15 December 2022
The Master of Eclipses: Rahu and Ketu
Statue of Mohini (Avatar of Vishnu) |
Wednesday 14 December 2022
The Sutras and Bhasyas of the Six Schools of Hindu Philosophy
Shankaracharya with disciples Painting by Raja Ravi Varma |
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Language and Grammar in the Vedic Age
Birch bark manuscript from Kashmir of Panini’s Rupavatara |
Monday 12 December 2022
India’s Unlikely Hero: P. V. Narasimha Rao
P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Sunday 11 December 2022
Sankhya and Yoga in the Mahabharata
Bhishma Lying on the Bed of Arrows |
Saturday 10 December 2022
Naubandhana Peak of the Vedic Age: Mt. Everest of Our Time
Friday 9 December 2022
What Can Narendra Modi Learn from George H.W. Bush
Netanyahu and Modi Tel Aviv 2017 |
Thursday 8 December 2022
Gandhi and Nehru
Wednesday 7 December 2022
Is Journalism the First Draft of History?
Tuesday 6 December 2022
On Bharavi’s Kiratarjuniya
Shiva granting Pashupatastra to Arjuna |
Monday 5 December 2022
Yoga in Katha, Shvetashvatara, and Maitri Upanishads
Statue of Patanjali, (Haridwar) |
Sunday 4 December 2022
The Subversive Character of History
Saturday 3 December 2022
Shriharsha: The Philosopher and Poet of the Middle Ages
Nala leaving Damayanti while she sleeps (Raja Ravi Varma’s painting) |
Friday 2 December 2022
Ferguson’s Conception of the West’s Challenger
Grinning Nixon meets Dour Mao (21 Feb 1972) |
Thursday 1 December 2022
A Note on Gurcharan Das’s India Unbound
Wednesday 30 November 2022
On The Gayatri Mantra
10th Century Sculpture of Sadashiva (Parameshwara) |
Tuesday 29 November 2022
Classical Indian Metaphysics by Stephen H. Phillips
Sunday 27 November 2022
Girilal Jain’s Book: The Hindu Phenomena
If you are looking for a simple, concise, and systematic introduction to the political and cultural issues that India faced in the twentieth century (most of these issues remain unresolved and continue to plague this country in the twenty-first century), then Girilal Jain’s 1989 book The Hindu Phenomena is the one for you. Jain was the editor of The Times of India from 1978 to 1988. I read his book more than a decade ago—at that time, I was immensely impressed by his analysis of political and cultural issues. I regard Jain’s book as a classic, an absolute must-read.
Saturday 26 November 2022
Rabindranath Tagore: On Hinduism, Semitic Religions, and Communism
Tagore in 1925 |
Friday 25 November 2022
Sister Nivedita: The Vision of Shiva
Siva Statue at Murdeshwar Temple |
Thursday 24 November 2022
Vivekananda: Kali The Mother
Samhara Kali by Raja Ravi Varma |
Wednesday 23 November 2022
Kumarasambhava: The Birth of War God
Shiva-Parvati (11th century) as Uma-Maheshvara |
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Hindu Cosmology and Concept of Yugas
Statue of Kalki in Gujarat on a wall of Rani Ki Vav |