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Glossing Mind through Yoga 1 – Towards Happiness and Quality-of-Life Enhancement

Dr. Richa Chopra continues her series on Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras and tells us why 'the quality of life is how the mind perceives it' and how to go about acquiring a better quality of life. By consciously building mental and physical habits that awaken us to the great goals of human life. Step by step, day by day, thought by thought. There is no easy way out.

Dr. Richa Chopra 13 min read

Indian Knowledge Systems

Rāma’s Journey – the Avatāra in You, a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay

We celebrate the return of Rāma with a Festival of Lights, for if his journey- Rāma’s Ayaṇa- is recreated within us, it generates within us the Supreme Light. His journey within us is the journey from untruth to truth. From Darkness to Light. It is the rising of Agni from earth to sky, the ultimate union, or Yoga.

Amritanshu Pandey 12 min read

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Colonial Education, Cultural Amnesia and Pathologies of the Raj

Education in post-colonial India, as Ashis Nandy argues, has become a means to inculcate a 'shared culture' in which, ‘the ruled are constantly tempted to fight their rulers within the psychological limits set by the latter.' This demonstrates the durability of the psychological aspect of colonial conquest, one that continues to remain below the surface all this while and cannot be repelled by force.

Anurag Shukla 9 min read

Indian Knowledge Systems

Ahoi Aṣtamī – How Hindu Dharma Teaches Deep Ecology through Festivals

The festival of Ahoi Aṣṭamī instills the deep sense in Hindus that our actions have consequences; that human civilization destroys Nature by the sheer act of living in great groups and thus has to make extra efforts to respect and protect Nature; and that we have to give back to Nature as we take much from it.

Pankaj Saxena 7 min read

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Kula, Jāti, Varṇa, Āśrama - Perspective from Principles of Games Design

Our individual and social conundrums are as old as time, but civilizational essence is timeless. What can we learn from new arenas of creative activity, to rediscover the eternal essence? This essay is an exploration of the meta and meaning-making significance of culture and Dharma, via game design.

Raghava Krishna 14 min read

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Ratha as a Bīja of Civilizational DNA, a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay

Dharma is sanātana, but civilizational emergence follows a worldly trajectory where the technologies we develop shape and form us in turn. Here we look at an ancient technology, the ratha or chariot, and unpack its significance in the Indian civilizational trajectory.

Amritanshu Pandey 12 min read

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On Statecraft - Madhava Rao’s Hints on the Art and Science of Government

Madhava Rao is widely hailed as a foremost statesman of nineteenth century India. While there may be differences over his subservient attitude towards the British and his lack of incorporation of Dhārmika elements, it is irrefutable these hints serve as an important beacon for statecraft and the general qualities of leadership at large.

Anshuman Panda, Kavita Krishna Meegama 9 min read

Culture And Policy

Conversion to Hindu Dharma 2 - An Example from Eugene, USA

We read here a personal account from Smt. Kate Herse, and find that being born in the United States did not prevent her from learning the Upaniṣads, leading a dhārmika life, and living as a Hindu. Caste played no part at all in her journey. What is required though is adherence to duties and norms of the sampradāya that she has chosen.

Kate Herse, Kavita Krishna Meegama 14 min read

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