Dhīti is a blog for long form essays, expressions of civilizational voice, cinema and literature review, and more.
Restoring meaning in an age of distrust - this article is an overview of Martin Gurri's 'Revolt of the Public', and how Indian Knowledge Systems offer an antidote to the nihilism that pervades modern discourse.
This article is Part 1 in a series summarizing the concepts expounded by Śrī Chittaranjan Naik in his piece, "The Realist View of Advaita." The link to the original series has been provided and provides a comprehensive explanation of Advaita doctrines.
Part 7 of the series on Eastern schools of thought explores the dualism of the Sāṅkhya school, an intellectual tour de force that details the poetry of how Prakṛti dances for Puruṣa.
This article is the fourth and final installment in a series on Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika. Here, we explore a few inputs from the works of Śrī Chittaranjan Naik.
A book highlight of 'Scale' by Geoffrey West, exploring the simple rules governing the growth and size of organisms, corporations, and cities. These rules allow extrapolation to things like the maximum possible size of the organisms, or sustainability of cities.
Part 3 in a series of essays which are a summary of the book, ‘The Hindu Realism’, by a great scholar, Śrī Jagadish Chandra Chatterjee; followed by key ideas of Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika, as discussed by eminent philosopher Śrī Chittaranjan Naik in his essays and books, ‘Natural Realism and The Contact Theory of Perception’, and ‘On the Existence of the Self’.