In this episode, with Shri Ashish Kumar Gupta ji, founder of Jeevika Ashram, we explore Bhikṣāvṛtti, reflecting on Guruji Ravindra Sharma ji’s profound insights into the subject. Moving beyond the...

In this episode, with Shri Ashish Kumar Gupta ji, founder of Jeevika Ashram, we explore his book - 'Ghar evam Vāstu', reflecting on Guruji Ravindra Sharma ji’s profound insights into the...

In conversation with Shri Ashish Kumar Gupta ji, founder of Jeevika Ashram, on Bhāratīya Grāma Vyavasthā — understanding Indian villages through our own civilizational lens, and recognising their...

In conversation with Shri Ashish Kumar Gupta ji, founder of Jeevika Ashram, on Bharatiya Arthavyavastha— an Indian way of understanding economy rooted in village life, traditional knowledge, local...

This episode of Bodha is an attempt to cut through the noise surrounding one of the most dangerous geopolitical crises of the 21st century: the escalating conflict between the United States, Iran,...

The recent TCS episode underscores the importance of civilizational worldviews in shaping institutional conduct. India Incorporated must move beyond blame and invest in leadership cultures rooted...

An insightful conversation with Vinitha Siddhartha, the founder of Kreeda Games, a brand that brings traditional Indian games to life. About the Speaker: Vinita Sidhartha is a writer,...

The mind shapes civilization. Why are mental health problems increasing even as therapy becomes more widespread? Through the lens of Indian psychology, citta vidya, and the insights of Sh. Raghu...

This series of conversations explores a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on India’s historical and social evolution—moving beyond the conventional narratives shaped first by colonial...

This series of conversations explores a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on India’s historical and social evolution—moving beyond the conventional narratives shaped first by colonial...

This series of conversations explores a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on India’s historical and social evolution—moving beyond the conventional narratives shaped first by colonial...

Is today’s ‘polycrisis’ actually a deeper crisis of meaning? In this conversation, Sri Ramachandra and Sri Raghava Krishna explore the roots of the global metacrisis through a Dharmic...

This series of conversations explores a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on India’s historical and social evolution—moving beyond the conventional narratives shaped first by colonial...

In this conversation, we speak with policy expert and geopolitical commentator Ruchir Sharma on some of the most pressing geopolitical and economic issues shaping the world today. The Venezuelan...

In this in-depth conversation, we explore Anubhuti: Experiencing Muthuswami Dikshitar with its author, Kanniks Kannikeswaran. Muthuswami Dikshitar stands at the confluence of music, mantra, sacred...

What if the soil beneath our feet tells a story older and truer than the textbooks we’ve read? In this episode of Bṛhat Bodha, Dr. Vinay Gupta, Superintending Archaeologist, ASI Jaipur Circle,...

Join us for an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation as Sh. Raghava Krishna delves deep into the vision and work of Sh. Srinivas Venkatram and his organization, the Illumine Knowledge...

Why do capable institutions and sincere reforms fail to align with India's lived realities? In this Bṛhat Bodha episode, Raghava Krishna (Founder, Bṛhat) makes the case for culture-compatible...

In our latest Bodha podcast episode we speak with Sh. Saikrishna Budamgunta-an ex-IRS officer and former member of NCIIPC, with a background from IIT and extensive experience in managing complex...

Chittam's mission is to take Indian culture to today’s children in exciting, innovative, and meaningful ways. They design and manufacture board games and card games that draw from the deep well of...

Following the path of great thinkers who reversed the colonial gaze, Sh. Aabhas Maldahiyar presents Babur: The Quest for Hindustan as part of his series on Babur. The book combines history with...

In this intimate conversation with Nikita Jain and Lipika Jain, we get to know more about https://www.saanjh.ai, a platform that has been designed as a guide for self-diagnosis, self-cure, and...

Indian Philosophies Rediscovered – A journey into timeless wisdom for the modern world. Author Dr. Rajeev Kurapati joins Cherish Rajpurohit in conversation, exploring the depth and relevance of...

In this insightful conversation, Dr. Kapil Kapoor traces the genealogy of certain tribes mentioned in the Rgveda and in the Mahabharata, which can be identified till the present day. Among other...

Why is it that one looks down upon their own? Upon those Indians who speak Indic languages and exhibit Indic culture, snidely labelling them as the ‘Hindi Medium Types’ seeing the culturally...

Why do policies that look perfect on paper often fail on the ground? In this thought-provoking conversation, Dr. Nisha Pandey, Director at Gujarat Institute of Development Research, joins Shri...

‘The excess of light discloses facts and also conceals them.’ — Alfred North Whitehead, Adventure of Ideas Like gravity, greed is everywhere. But it is rarely called by its true names. Usually some...

Anchored in ancient wisdom, IKS offers design grammar for modern tech. Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika and Vyākaraṇa are more relevant than ever, offering a roadmap for meaning-making in machines. A conversation...

Śrī Prakash Pichumani is a researcher into genomics, linguistics, and archaeology, and runs the brilliant handle @Ugra___ on X. This Bodha episode is a discussion through various aspects of Indian...

Our podcast on Mahalingam Balaji's book 'Caste-icide', focused on debunking the current false and misleading propaganda about ‘Caste System’. The eBook is available on Kindle Unlimited for free,...

0:00 Introduction 01:59 How did Hindu Parenting come to be? 06:03 Exploring art through the lens of parenting and education 12:11 What is Rasa and Raga? 22:58 How soon is too soon? 26:19 The change...

Navigating the complexities of democracy and preserving the spiritual architecture of Hindu society, Hindutva faces its own challenges. From the crisis of the liberal order to the spectacle of the...

History shapes our understanding of identity, but what happens when key events and figures are selectively narrated—or even distorted? In this insightful conversation, Utpal Kumar, author of...

In the Indian art and literary tradition, the idea of waiting in separation, is not just a romantic concept, but a metaphor that acquires deep spiritual and metaphysical significance. Viraha or...

‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty.’ ‘Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram.’ True art expresses an idea of beauty that is universal. That universality of experience creates a bliss that is transcendent. This...

Bṛhat as a culture engine is interested in portraying dharma and culture across various aspects of society — family, academia, media, policy, and education — especially in the visual arts. In this...

Bṛhat as a culture engine is interested in the potrayal of dharma and culture across various aspects of society — whether that is family or academia or media or policy and education — and...

Religious conflicts affect national integrity. As India moves forward with its vision for world harmony and inclusive development, we must critically examine what generates religious...

Vijayadaśamī is incomplete if we allow our brethren across the border to be subjugated for their Hindu identity. What is happening in Bangladesh currently is a slow choking of the expression of...

"Heads I win, tails you lose". This has been the missionaries' strategy for conversion in Bhārata. In this conversation, Vivek Rallabandi and Anshuman Panda discuss the spread and strategies of...

"Black Myth Wukong", the Chinese video game from the stable of Game Science, has taken the internet by storm through its unapologetic depiction of Chinese culture. Although still nascent, game...

Savarkar. This name evokes reverence and emotion, but most importantly, it signifies clarity. Clarity such as on the definition of who is, and who isn't a Hindu. As we draw our inspiration from...

In our latest Bodha episode, we discuss the book 'Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children' by Dr. Kundan Singh and Śrī Krishna Maheshwari of Hindupedia. This episode...

A civilization's utilization of natural resources is a mark of its technology, but wanton exploitation does not translate to high culture. In our last episode on Bodha, we understood the...

Nature works through yajñas; it is a cosmic cycle which oblates itself into itself. The dhārmika cultural matrix too, thus, follows the template of yajñas, maintaining harmony with the elements,...

Expansion in tune with Ṛta is Bṛhat. As our bodies expand in size, our minds in bandwidth and our consciousness in purity, so does a society feel the inevitable urge for expansion. But is this...

Dharma-Dṛṣṭi. What does it mean to us? How is Guru Paramparā an integral part of this? Is there any other way we can develop this dṛṣṭi? Watch Raghava Krishna, Pankaj Saxena, and Amritanshu...

Modernity and Tradition Is it a debate between old and new? What is to be preserved, conserved and taken forward? And what needs to be changed, what is contingent upon time and place? Tradition...

The spectrum of Hindu thought. The current divides, fault lines, and range of perspectives that exists. What are the main ideological contestations in Hindu movement today? Political...

What are the religious and civilizational motivations to what is happening in Middle East today? Why are Sunni and Shia factions coming together? Pankaj Saxena explains the long game behind the...

We trace evolution of Hindu intellectual movements and the contributions of 'Firekeepers of Civilization' in our series Bodha. The baton passes from Sri Aurobindo’s School of Bhavānī Bhāratī to...

Hindus Interrupted. At a deeper level, the debate on Bhārata vs. India represents a loss of our meaning-making structures. We need to reclaim our story, especially the modern story, to achieve...

Firekeepers of Civilization. Our foundational work to provide self-authoring pathways for Svayambodha, Śatrubodha and Saudaryabodh is built on a creative core - Our 'Schools of Thought' The...