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History is Ontic but Itihāsa is Ontologic – a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay

In this essay we engage in emic freethinking, and look at some names from Indian itihāsa in a new light. How many such stories might we find in the Purāṇas, Epics and other texts? And if we did, would we not understand our past better?

Amritanshu Pandey 20 min read

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Towards Understanding the Aghorī Paramparā – Part 1

The first article in this three part series takes a comprehensive and detailed look at the Aghorī-s, drawing from personal experience and insider’s knowledge of this rare and much misunderstood tradition.

Kavita Krishna Meegama, Prabhav Paturi 17 min read

Bodhas

Colonial Alienation and the Making of Docile Bodies

Why do Indians display cultural and historical amnesia regarding their own past? What historical processes have led to the situation where we must constantly feel stunted by a deeply implanted sense of degradation and inferiority?

Dr. Anurag Shukla 8 min read

Bodhas

The Problem of Culture Transmission

Tradition is the bedrock on which civilization stands and culture flourishes. And tradition is that which continues. But how exactly does it continue? How is it transferred to the next generation?

Pankaj Saxena 7 min read

Bodhas

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

Dharma Today

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

Dharma Today

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

Dharma Today

S. Radhakrishnan on What Makes Art, Science and Religion Work

On this Teacher's Day, we scope some views of the man behind the legacy. His wide range, his exposure to Western civilization, his own readings of Dharma- these gave to Shri Radhakrishnan a unique view, a distinct voice. Art, intuition, science - he had insights on all.

Jash Dholani 7 min read

Indian Knowledge Systems

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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History is Ontic but Itihāsa is Ontologic – a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay

Towards Understanding the Aghorī Paramparā – Part 1

Colonial Alienation and the Making of Docile Bodies

The Problem of Culture Transmission

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

T. S. Eliot’s Conception of Culture

Cosmic Memory

S. Radhakrishnan on What Makes Art, Science and Religion Work

Decolonization - A Personal Footprint and Some Ramp Ways