Dhīti is a blog for long form essays, expressions of civilizational voice, cinema and literature review, and more.
A book review of Aseem Shrivastava's Grammar of Greed - Reflections on a Fatal Ecology. A piercing meditation on modernity’s illusions, ecological estrangement, and the urgent need for introspection and spiritual renewal.
This reflection is an overview of how the key constructs of Āyurveda envision integral well-being, emphasizing on self-rootedness in harmony, balance and contentment. While our minds and senses are hijacked by exponential tech, Āyurvedic fundamentals such as hitāyuḥ and sukhāyuḥ help us re-examine our connection with our own selves.
The book 'GeoTechnoGraphy' by Samir Saran and Anirban Sarma serves as a sharp reminder that our tech policy is falling behind. This essay is a review of the same which reflects on how IKS and dhārmika policy can shape a more ethical, grounded digital future.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.