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Savages Civilizing the Civilized - Knowledge Appropriation, Colonial Consciousness and the Production of Hybridized Indians

Savages Civilizing the Civilized - Knowledge Appropriation, Colonial Consciousness and the Production of Hybridized Indians

Colonization should be understood as both a process and an event. The svayaṃbodha that emerges from such a realization would make us understand how colonization was not just about the subordination of people and their traditions or the colonization of land and resources, but also about colonizing people's knowledge, their daily experiences, and collective imaginations.

Anurag Shukla 9 min read
Bodhas
Chaṭh - a Living Tradition and Cultural Homecoming

Chaṭh - a Living Tradition and Cultural Homecoming

We owe a lot to our mothers and grandmothers, who carry forth traditions year after year diligently. In the case of Chath, it involves fasting for more than thirty six hours and standing in cold water, all for the wellbeing of their family. Even amidst apathy towards culture by many, Chaṭh gives me hope.

Akshay Jha 9 min read
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Svayambodha and Śatrubodha - Two Wheels of Civilization

Svayambodha and Śatrubodha - Two Wheels of Civilization

The Hindu civilizational discourse has arguably entered the sophisticated phase. This is marked by a shift in the content of the discourse, a transition from the political to the cultural, civilizational and metaphysical. What then are the challenges and how can we develop the thinking resources to overcome those?

Pankaj Saxena 16 min read
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The Saga of the Padmanabhadasas - A Glimpse of the History of Travancore Kingdom, 1

The Saga of the Padmanabhadasas - A Glimpse of the History of Travancore Kingdom, 1

A journey through the history of Travancore's royal family, beginning from the Chera eras. And a reminder of the gratitude we owe to the ancient nobles who embodied vīra rasa and sevā bhāva.

Akshay Shankar, Kavita Krishna Meegama 14 min read
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Towards Understanding the Aghorī Paramparā – Part 2

Towards Understanding the Aghorī Paramparā – Part 2

The second article in this three part series takes a comprehensive and detailed look at the Aghorī-s. The author is a sādhaka within the Aghorī paraṃparā of the nātha saṃpradāyam.

Kavita Krishna Meegama, Prabhav Paturi 14 min read
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Kalaripayattu

Kalaripayattu

Kalaripayaṭṭu must be elevated, as a traditional psychophysiological discipline, as a ‘scientific’ system of physical culture, and as an arena of experience and self-transformation: the crucible of the individual’s experience where embodied practice helps shape a self.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 12 min read
Bodhas
Kāntāra and Universe of the Bhūtas

Kāntāra and Universe of the Bhūtas

A review of the massively successful Kāntāra, appreciating the film’s foray into Karnataka’s lesser known Bhūta universe, along with an account of the tradition itself.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 13 min read
Cinema And Books
Swarnakamalam and the Value of the Performing Arts

Swarnakamalam and the Value of the Performing Arts

A glimpse into the timelessness of the traditional arts, conveyed through superior cinema: Swarnakamalam; and the discussion of modernity threatening the value of traditional systems in its lyrical expositions.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 6 min read
Cinema And Books
Our Deities are Waking Us Up – What Kantara Means to Hindus

Our Deities are Waking Us Up – What Kantara Means to Hindus

Have no doubt; the deities are waking us up to their presence like never before. They are willing to travel from their forests, kśetras onto the screen and talk to us, to tell us: Oh children, don't remain blind anymore to our presence. Take refuge in us. We are here with you every moment.

Ramachandra Roddam 11 min read
Cinema And Books
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