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When Quantum Physicists Read the Upaniṣads

Western science, built on reason, made a shocking discovery in the 20th century that rocked it to its core. The discovery: Reality rests on a substrate of weird. The western mind needed a 'blood transfusion from eastern thought' - but those can be tricky.

Jash Dholani 6 min read

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Towards Dharma-centric Polity - Lokmanya Tilak and the Universalization of Gaṇeśa Utsava

As dharma disappears from daily personal life, and from specific regions, universalized Hindu festivals are capable of bringing dharma back again at the center. As temples become the primary vehicle of Hindu regeneration all over Bhāratavarṣa, festivals can become the Hindu regenerators in the north.

Pankaj Saxena 11 min read

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T. S. Eliot’s Conception of Culture

Cultures across the world produce seekers and seers who bring home the truth. In India, this process is a living tradition. In other places, we have a rare T.S. Eliot who breaks the hold.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 12 min read

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Cosmic Memory

Fleetingly we sense it, that deeper connection. Like a microcosm that reflects the macrocosm. A cosmic mystery out there, of which we have intuition. Springing from seed, back to seed. Nivedita's poem here invokes this mystery.

Nivedita Tiwari 1 min read

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