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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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Fractal Maṇḍala 2- the Macrohistoric Case for India's Civilizational Primacy

A continuation and conclusion of part 1, where we established the notion of civilizational trajectory, marked two fundamental problems in it, and appraised the Indian experience on the same to make the case for our civilizational primacy.

Amritanshu Pandey 31 min read

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Conversion to Hindu Dharma - Past Precedents, Present Challenges and Future Possibilities

Can one (particularly a non-Indian foreigner) convert to Hindu Dharma? How does caste feature in this (if at all)? What are the basic duties of a Hindu convert, who may not have any particular sampradāya affiliation?

Ghora Angirasa, Kavita Krishna Meegama 23 min read

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Indian Civilizational Consciousness

A short essay on this Independence Day, that re-examines the meaning of 'Indian civilizational consciousness' from the dhātus.

Amritanshu Pandey 10 min read

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How To Best Live? Answers From Ancient India

How to live life best has always been the human pondering. Ancient India had the right answer- Puruṣārtha, or the four aims of life.

Jash Dholani 7 min read

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Fractal Maṇḍala 1- the Macrohistoric Case for India's Civilizational Primacy

The Fractal Maṇḍala is Indian civilizational consciousness: multi-level coherent. Here we draw from Indian macrohistory to evidence this.

Amritanshu Pandey 23 min read

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Preliminary Schema for Synaptic Reconnection to Civilizational Consciousness - Part 2

Mental schema for synaptic reconnection to the civilizational consciousness. This is part 2 of an ongoing series.

Amritanshu Pandey 16 min read

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India’s Storytelling Tradition and its Influence on World Literature

Ancient Indian storytelling disseminated functional genres (religious and scientific) and fictional genres: poetry, drama, and stories.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 10 min read

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Sri Aurobindo’s School of Bhavānī Bhāratī

The 2nd in our schools of thought series is on Sri Aurobindo, who gave us the method of attaining true svarāja.

Ramachandra Roddam 18 min read

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Decolonization - A Personal Footprint and Some Ramp Ways

Fractal Maṇḍala 2- the Macrohistoric Case for India's Civilizational Primacy

Conversion to Hindu Dharma - Past Precedents, Present Challenges and Future Possibilities

Indian Civilizational Consciousness

How To Best Live? Answers From Ancient India

Fractal Maṇḍala 1- the Macrohistoric Case for India's Civilizational Primacy

Preliminary Schema for Synaptic Reconnection to Civilizational Consciousness - Part 2

India’s Storytelling Tradition and its Influence on World Literature

Sri Aurobindo’s School of Bhavānī Bhāratī