Dhīti is a blog for long form essays, expressions of civilizational voice, cinema and literature review, and more.
Ancient Indian storytelling disseminated functional genres (religious and scientific) and fictional genres: poetry, drama, and stories.
What should sit in the driver’s seat: Ideas or Matter? Must the reason of philosophy and the energy of religion always be at odds? Can Europe and India teach each other anything, or are they distinct civilizations, drifting off on divergent paths?
The 2nd in our schools of thought series is on Sri Aurobindo, who gave us the method of attaining true svarāja.
The renaissance started by Swami Vivekananda was not just political or socio-cultural in nature, it was spiritual, Sanātana in character.
A preliminary schema to reconnect with civilizational consciousness. Developing a complete Ontology, Epistemology and Teleology for Bhārata.
Eco Feminism, stemming from the Upanishads is the natural consequence of looking at the world as the Divine Mother.
The medical ethics was an important feature of the Āyurvedic curriculum, duly emphasized by ancient practitioners. Caraka’s Oath can be regarded as the summation of this tradition, and veritably, its epitome.
In our introductory essay, Pankaj Saxena tells us what the cultural imperative is, and the redemption it provides.