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The Dhārmika Gene
A novel re-articulation of the understanding of Dharma, and Bhāratīya culture, as a quest for harmony. Here we contrast the 'Standard Model of Reality' and the biological concept of a 'selfish gene' with the Indian Model of Reality, and the consequent imperative it yields.
Amritanshu Pandey
21 min read
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Rāma’s Journey – the Avatāra in You, a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay
We celebrate the return of Rāma with a Festival of Lights, for if his journey- Rāma’s Ayaṇa- is recreated within us, it generates within us the Supreme Light. His journey within us is the journey from untruth to truth. From Darkness to Light. It is the rising of Agni from earth to sky, the ultimate union, or Yoga.
Amritanshu Pandey
12 min read
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Ratha as a Bīja of Civilizational DNA, a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay
Dharma is sanātana, but civilizational emergence follows a worldly trajectory where the technologies we develop shape and form us in turn. Here we look at an ancient technology, the ratha or chariot, and unpack its significance in the Indian civilizational trajectory.
Amritanshu Pandey
12 min read
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History is Ontic but Itihāsa is Ontologic – a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay
In this essay we engage in emic freethinking, and look at some names from Indian itihāsa in a new light. How many such stories might we find in the Purāṇas, Epics and other texts? And if we did, would we not understand our past better?
Amritanshu Pandey
20 min read
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Decolonization - A Personal Footprint and Some Ramp Ways
In the noise that words with wide circulation receive, their representation is often distorted. 'Decolonization' is one such word. Here we share a personal footprint as the writer looks back at his earliest memories, and outlines some essential ramp ways we all can use.
Amritanshu Pandey
38 min read
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