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Veer Savarkar - Part 4 | Shadows of Kalapani

Part 4 in our Veer Savarkar biography series. Learn who were the Dhairyavāns, the brave souls imprisoned with Veer Savarkar at Kalapani, who endured unimaginable colonial torment. How did Savarkar inspire these young men?

Sushant Gangoli 18 min read

Dharma Today

Book Review | The ‘Joy Bangla’ Deception by Kausik Gangopadhyay and Devavrata

This essay is a review of 'The ‘Joy Bangla’ Deception', a provocative book and deeply unsettling inquiry into the foundational myths of Bangladesh, and their long-term impact on the Hindu-minority population. Harshly critiquing mainstream liberal narratives, the book presents a forceful counter-history - one that interrogates the politics of identity, exposes state-sanctioned discrimination, and laments the ongoing erasure of Hindu and Buddhist cultural presence in a land propped up internationally as a symbol of secular nationalism.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 13 min read

Cinema And Books

Whispers of the Earth | Reclaiming the Sacred Grammar of Architecture - Part 1

A celebration of architecture as living memory and ethical ritual, this essay rejects the sterility of modernist design in favor of earth-rooted, place-based wisdoms. It invites us to reimagine buildings not as structures but as stories - woven through ecology, ritual, and community.

Dr. Anurag Shukla, Srushti Joshi 12 min read

Bodhas

Dharma as Deva | Avatāras

In the vast cosmology of the Itihāsa and Purāṇa, Dharma is more than a metaphysical principle and eternal law. He is also physically personified as Dharmadeva, the divine embodiment of cosmic law, moral order, and even worldly prosperity. A short piece revealing the complex deity who governs not only justice but also the fabric of social and familial values.

Tanya Fransz 5 min read

Bodhas

Book Review | Caste-icide by Mahalingam Balaji

A review of the book 'Caste-icide' by Mahalingam Balaji, a must read for every Hindu fighting Hinduphobia.

Kavita Krishna Meegama 23 min read

Cinema And Books

Book Review | Behave - The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky

Our book review of 'Behave' - a broad, multidisciplinary exploration of the biological, psychological, and cultural forces that shape human behavior. Learn how deeply culture penetrates into human perception, cognition, and emotional resonance.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 11 min read

Cinema And Books

In Search of Jñāna Mārga, Part 3

This essay is Part 3 in a series, "In Search of Jñāna Mārga". In this installment, we examine the various rituals of the upanayana saṃskāra and the mantras recited during the process provide significant insights beneficial to education.

Amogh Vaidya 11 min read

Indian Knowledge Systems

Pedagogical Principles for Teaching Indian Knowledge Systems

Understand the Bhāratīya vision of why and how people learn, and the core pedagogical principles as practiced by an unbroken paramparā of ṛṣis and ācāryas. Learn why re-awakening a civilizational identity and ‘way of seeing’ is critical in shaping future generations who are capable of forging harmonious national and global futures.

Lakshmi Sivaraman 15 min read

Indian Knowledge Systems

Book Review | Genome to Om by Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan and Indu Ramchandani

A review of 'Genome to Om', a book that unravels the potential applications of insights from Indian knowledge systems in the field of science.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 7 min read

Cinema And Books

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Veer Savarkar - Part 4 | Shadows of Kalapani

Book Review | The ‘Joy Bangla’ Deception by Kausik Gangopadhyay and Devavrata

Whispers of the Earth | Reclaiming the Sacred Grammar of Architecture - Part 1

Dharma as Deva | Avatāras

Book Review | Caste-icide by Mahalingam Balaji

Book Review | Behave - The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky

In Search of Jñāna Mārga, Part 3

Pedagogical Principles for Teaching Indian Knowledge Systems

Book Review | Genome to Om by Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan and Indu Ramchandani