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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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Savages Civilizing the Civilized - Knowledge Appropriation, Colonial Consciousness and the Production of Hybridized Indians

Colonization should be understood as both a process and an event. The svayaṃbodha that emerges from such a realization would make us understand how colonization was not just about the subordination of people and their traditions or the colonization of land and resources, but also about colonizing people's knowledge, their daily experiences, and collective imaginations.

Dr. Anurag Shukla 9 min read

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Chaṭh - a Living Tradition and Cultural Homecoming

We owe a lot to our mothers and grandmothers, who carry forth traditions year after year diligently. In the case of Chath, it involves fasting for more than thirty six hours and standing in cold water, all for the wellbeing of their family. Even amidst apathy towards culture by many, Chaṭh gives me hope.

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Svayambodha and Śatrubodha - Two Wheels of Civilization

The Hindu civilizational discourse has arguably entered the sophisticated phase. This is marked by a shift in the content of the discourse, a transition from the political to the cultural, civilizational and metaphysical. What then are the challenges and how can we develop the thinking resources to overcome those?

Pankaj Saxena 16 min read

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The Saga of the Padmanabhadasas - A Glimpse of the History of Travancore Kingdom, 1

A journey through the history of Travancore's royal family, beginning from the Chera eras. And a reminder of the gratitude we owe to the ancient nobles who embodied vīra rasa and sevā bhāva.

Akshay Shankar, Kavita Krishna Meegama 14 min read

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Towards Understanding the Aghorī Paramparā – Part 2

The second article in this three part series takes a comprehensive and detailed look at the Aghorī-s. The author is a sādhaka within the Aghorī paraṃparā of the nātha saṃpradāyam.

Kavita Krishna Meegama, Prabhav Paturi 14 min read

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Kalaripayattu

Kalaripayaṭṭu must be elevated, as a traditional psychophysiological discipline, as a ‘scientific’ system of physical culture, and as an arena of experience and self-transformation: the crucible of the individual’s experience where embodied practice helps shape a self.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 12 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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Ahoi Aṣtamī – How Hindu Dharma Teaches Deep Ecology through Festivals

The festival of Ahoi Aṣṭamī instills the deep sense in Hindus that our actions have consequences; that human civilization destroys Nature by the sheer act of living in great groups and thus has to make extra efforts to respect and protect Nature; and that we have to give back to Nature as we take much from it.

Pankaj Saxena 7 min read

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The Dhārmika Gene

Savages Civilizing the Civilized - Knowledge Appropriation, Colonial Consciousness and the Production of Hybridized Indians

Chaṭh - a Living Tradition and Cultural Homecoming

Svayambodha and Śatrubodha - Two Wheels of Civilization

The Saga of the Padmanabhadasas - A Glimpse of the History of Travancore Kingdom, 1

Towards Understanding the Aghorī Paramparā – Part 2

Kalaripayattu

Rāma’s Journey – the Avatāra in You, a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay

Ahoi Aṣtamī – How Hindu Dharma Teaches Deep Ecology through Festivals