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Tyranny of Asceticism: Case of the Charvaka
December 06, 2025December 6, 2025PERSPECTIVEArjun V Harihar2 0

Tyranny of Asceticism: Case of the Charvaka

Charvaka has long been dismissed as a philosophy of excess, yet this caricature stems from an ascetic worldview that treats pleasure as inherently suspect. When perception alone is accepted as truth, morality need not depend on divine command but on an intrinsic human compass. The author contends that the Charvaka tradition reminds us that seeking material pleasure is not a fall from grace, but a legitimate way of living without forfeiting moral sense.

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Naseeruddin Shah’s ‘Shahi’ Film Censorship Code
December 05, 2025December 5, 2025COMMENTARYSriram Chellapilla2 0

Naseeruddin Shah’s ‘Shahi’ Film Censorship Code

Naseeruddin Shah’s public interventions reveal a pattern - a demand for self-censorship that shields minorities from critique while freely vilifying the Hindu majority. His outbursts against films like Dev and A Wednesday were not about artistic principles but about enforcing an unspoken “purge agenda” that polices how minorities may be portrayed. Shah and other minority-progressive celebrities present this as secularism, yet their selective outrage exposes a deeper communal and political bias. The result is a moral narrative that gaslights Hindus while granting ideological immunity to the groups they favour.

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Yoga Darśana: The Jīva’s Discipline Amidst Jagat and Īśvara
November 12, 2025November 12, 2025PERSPECTIVEPavan Kumar Garikapati1 0

Yoga Darśana: The Jīva’s Discipline Amidst Jagat and Īśvara

This essay by Garikapati Pavan Kumar explores the Vedic and Upaniṣadic foundations of Yoga, tracing its disciplined trajectory through the four pādas of the Yoga Sūtras and culminating in the realization of svarūpa and kaivalya. It is written with a commitment to śāstric clarity, and philosophical depth.

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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Liberal or fanatic?
November 10, 2025November 10, 2025PERSPECTIVEMaisuru Raghavendra1 0

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Liberal or fanatic?

Was Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan truly the “Frontier Gandhi”, a liberal humanist wronged by history, or a devout fanatic disguised in Gandhian robes? This essay revisits that question through forgotten records, overlooked testimonies, and Sita Ram Goel’s sharp insights. From Pashto pride to Pakistan’s politics, the story unravels a man far more complex and perhaps less idealistic than the hagiographies suggest.

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Minority-Progressive Celebrities: Part 2 Changing Landscape
October 31, 2025November 5, 2025COMMENTARYSriram Chellapilla0 0

Minority-Progressive Celebrities: Part 2 Changing Landscape

In post-Independence India, a subtle yet systematic ‘purge agenda’ took root. One that equated Hinduism with regressiveness, glorified Western ideologies, and sanctified minority identities. This framework shaped India’s cultural narrative for decades, legitimized by Nehruvian socialism, in the name of secularism, and propagated through the film industry and its so-called ‘Minority Progressive Celebrities’ (MPCs). Today, however, Hindus are awakening to this manipulation and are reclaiming their cultural voice and civilizational heritage.

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In TEMPLE TRAIL

Belavadi – A temple of three moods

The living temple of Belavadi beautifully captures the three moods of Vishnu in the forms of Ugra Narasimha, Yoga Narasimha and Venu Gopal.

In ESSAY

The Greatness of the Rishi tradition in India

A Rishi is one who flows or is in tune with the rhythmic movement of the universe.

In ESSAY

Genetics and the Aryan invasion debate

The recent article in ‘The Hindu’ claiming that new research in genetics unambiguously supports the Aryan Invasion Theory is a case of wishful thinking that force-fits available evidence to reach ideologically motivated conclusions. The truth is that the debate has only begun.

In ESSAY

Consciousness, the key to Indic thought

Animate and inanimate objects are both propelled by the same prime driver which is Consciousness.

In ESSAY

Christian Missionaries on Caste

Caste in Hindu society is synonymous and inextricably intertwined with Hindu religious customs, traditions, and Dharma and hence forms a natural bulwark against Christian missions.

In COMMENTARY

Perversion of India’s political parlance – Part 1

Since its introduction in India, Leftist language has clearly dominated the discourse and performed the task of othering remarkably.

In COMMENTARY, Temple

Agrāharas – The Building Blocks of Dharmik Economy

Agrahāras have long been associated with the Hindu temple, popularly understood as residential housing schemes for brāhmaṇa families around the main temple. Popular narrative has sought to classify them as elitist brahminical dwellings designed to keep non-brāhmaṇas out. The notion, however, deviates from the reality - the primary right of the king over land is exercised by collecting a portion of produce as a ‘prime’ (agra) tax. When such tax revenue is gifted to a donee resulting in a ‘loss’ (hāra) to the state, it is called agrahāra. The lands gifted to brāhmaṇas are called brahmadéyas. These lands are typically agricultural lands that were already brought to revenue. Gifting of such lands has the effect of transferring the tax revenue therefrom to the donees. The brahmadéyas, are also not exclusively brahminical settlements.
Lakshmi Prasad J explores all this, and the importance and position of agrahāras in the ancient dharmik economy, in the first part of this series.

In ESSAY

Upanishadic Antidote to Anxiety

The feeling of being disconnected from the rest of the world and being subsumed by our own ego has an antidote in the timeless teachings of the Upanishads.

In COMMENTARY

In defense of Aghora

Aghora is a path of spiritual realization that defies convention, questions authority and shuns society by embracing the Universe.

In COMMENTARY

Beef against beef

The discourse on the issue of beef ban in various states of India and the ensuing political war is strangely negligent of the ethos behind the enactment of these laws.

In BOOK REVIEW, COMMENTARY

‘Antaraprabhava’ in Surendra Kumar’s ‘Viśuddha Manusmṛti’: A critical assessment in light of its avowedly revisionist interpretation

Nithin Sridhar shows the inconsistencies in the revisionist Arya Samaji version of Manusmṛti in this critique of Dr Surendra Kumar's Viśuddha Manusmṛti.

In COMMENTARY

How NCERT covers up Islam’s role in temple destruction

NCERT history textbooks have progressed from a total denial of temple and idol destruction to a too clever by half cover-up of the Islamic roots of iconoclasm by Muslim invaders.

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In STORY

‘Flight of the Deity’ from Mulasthana – Part 2

A search for answers that led them to rediscover their glorious past.

In EXCERPT

Arya and Swastika

Maligned and associated with the Nazis, the Swastika symbol and the Aryan people have long been the sufferers of anti-Hindu rhetoric.

In ESSAY

Gita Govinda of Jayadeva and the Bhakti Movement

The effect of Gita Govinda has been central to the development of Vaishnavism.

In BOOK REVIEW, HISTORY

Excerpts From History Of The Freedom Movement In India By R. C. Mazumdar – The Muslim Politics – Part 3

The point Mazumdar repeatedly makes in his book is that the Muslim leaders were extremely clear on what they wanted. The Hindu leaders remained clouded and romantic, dreaming of a unity not simply existing in the minds and hearts of their Islamic counterparts.
The central idea of all the proposed alternatives was that the treatment of Muslims should not be as a minority community in Hindu India but as a separate nation with a distinct culture.
During this great metamorphosis of Muslim politics in India, neither the Congress nor the Hindu public men gave it the serious attention it deserved. They angrily opposed the idea of vivisection of India in any form and took their stand on the twin ideas of Indian nationality and Indian unity—the ideas that the Muslims rejected in almost one voice.
The Hindu leadership never belonged to the Hindus, and the Muslim leadership was devoted to nothing except Muslims and Islam.

In PERSPECTIVE

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Liberal or fanatic?

Was Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan truly the “Frontier Gandhi”, a liberal humanist wronged by history, or a devout fanatic disguised in Gandhian robes? This essay revisits that question through forgotten records, overlooked testimonies, and Sita Ram Goel’s sharp insights. From Pashto pride to Pakistan’s politics, the story unravels a man far more complex and perhaps less idealistic than the hagiographies suggest.

In ESSAY, HISTORY, TRANSLATION

India’s History: Part I, By Rabindranath Tagore

This is an English translation of the essay “Bharatbarsher Itihas” by Rabindranath Tagore, to be found in his anthology of Bengali essays entitled “Bharatavarsha”. The anthology contains several of Rabindranath’s longish essays concerning historical, cultural, and political dimensions of India, all written between 1901 and 1905, a period which can be described as the zenith of Bengal’s (and in turn, India’s) rebirth in the Modern Era. Each of these essays, though deeply embedded within the historical context of the author’s time and space, is largely relevant for all of India today.

In ESSAY

The Indian Epic Song Tradition

The grand Indian epic songs performed by professional storytellers during community festivals and domestic ceremonies, help inspire the listener to achieve self-transcendence.

In ESSAY

Konark Temple – Chariot of the Sun God

The Sun Temple at Konark is the pinnacle of architectural perfection as a chariot of the Sun God.

In BOOK REVIEW, TRAVELOGUE

‘Tiruvannamalai Beckons’ and ‘A Month In Tiruvannamalai’ by Parag Shah – A Review

Rohan Raghav Sharma reviews two interconnected books, by the same author, on the same subject - 'Tiruvannamalai Beckons' and 'A Month In Tiruvannamalai'.
He critiques the writing style as well as the content and delves into the lore of the mystic mountain of Tiruvannamalai, in this well-penned piece.

In ESSAY

India’s Ancient Maritime History – Part 2

India's hold on maritime trade greatly benefited numerous kingdoms, but with the arrival of the British, its shipping industry declined drastically.

In ESSAY

Immigrants were once welcomed in Assam – Part 1

Sentiments involving immigrants from Bengal into Assam have ebbed and flowed as time has gone by.

In BOOK REVIEW

The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India – Part 2

The ruthless campaign by Islamic tyrants was met with fierce Hindu resistance at every step.

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