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Category Errors in the Study of Bharatīya Jñāna Paramparā
April 16, 2026April 16, 2026PERSPECTIVE, PHILOSOPHYBy Pavan Kumar Garikapati2 0

Category Errors in the Study of Bharatīya Jñāna Paramparā

Modern scholarship often misreads Bharatīya Jñāna Paramparā by forcing it into text-centric, innovation-driven frameworks that do not match its transmission-based nature. This article argues that the confusion arises from deep category errors about what knowledge is and where it resides. Rather than a collection of texts, the tradition functions as an integrated epistemic architecture sustained through guru–śiṣya paramparā. Recognising this distinction reframes continuity not as stagnation, but as disciplined preservation of valid knowing.

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Accident : A Philosophical Essay
April 04, 2026April 4, 2026PHILOSOPHYBy Anshul Kalia2 0

Accident : A Philosophical Essay

A reflective essay that begins with everyday “accidents” to probe a deeper philosophical question: what is an accident? Moving from legal definitions to Aristotle and Hume, it argues accidents arise from human ignorance of causes. Drawing on Hindu acharyas like Shankaracharya and Ramanujacharya and scriptures like the Isha Upanishad, Bhagavad Gita, and Srimad Bhagavatam, it advances a final insight: what appears accidental is ultimately governed by divine grace.

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The Story of the Musunuri Nayakas – The Rise and Fall of a Telugu Resistance
March 31, 2026March 31, 2026HISTORYBy Ratnakar Sadasyula1 0

The Story of the Musunuri Nayakas – The Rise and Fall of a Telugu Resistance

After the fall of the Kakatiyas, Telugu land was plunged into devastation under the Delhi Sultanate, with temples desecrated and society disrupted. From this chaos emerged the Musunuri Nayakas, who united scattered warriors and waged a fierce resistance to reclaim their homeland. Led by Prolayanayaka and later Kapayanayaka, they drove out invaders and restored cultural life, inspiring wider southern revolts and the rise of Vijayanagara. Yet internal rivalries and betrayal weakened this hard-won unity, leading to a tragic fall. Their legacy endures as a powerful chapter of resilience, resistance, and civilizational revival.

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The two streams of the Bengali language: Claims, Counterclaims and Facts
March 27, 2026March 27, 2026COMMENTARYBy Dileep Karanth4 0

The two streams of the Bengali language: Claims, Counterclaims and Facts

Published in the ISPAD Partition Center Journal (Oct 2025), this paper challenges claims that vernacular languages in India emerged only under Islamic rule due to a supposed Sanskritic monopoly. It shows that regional literary traditions flourished under Hindu patronage well before this period. The paper also disputes the idea that modern Bengali was artificially Sanskritized by colonial institutions, demonstrating that both Hindu and Muslim writers historically used a shared Sanskrit-based linguistic framework. It further highlights that later attempts to Islamize Bengali had limited success.

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The Mahabharata as an Indic Civilizational Framework: Dharma, Power, and Human Consciousness
March 15, 2026March 15, 2026COMMENTARYBy ISKCON Mayapur4 0

The Mahabharata as an Indic Civilizational Framework: Dharma, Power, and Human Consciousness

The Mahabharata is not merely an epic or religious text but a civilizational framework through which Indian society has long understood power, morality, and human conflict. Rather than offering rigid moral binaries, it presents dharma as contextual and relational, shaped by responsibility and awareness. Through complex characters and difficult choices, the epic explores the burdens of power, the psychology of action, and the consequences of ethical failure. In doing so, it functions as a living guide to navigating moral ambiguity within society.

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Book Review: The Āśrama System: The History and Hermeneutics of a Religious Institution

Sukrit Banerjee's review concisely outlines Patrick Olivelle's findings on the evolution of the Āśrama System.

In POETRY

Roots in Exile

In the wake of the massacre of Hindus in Pahalgam, Anjali George pens this poem ruminating on exile, identity and the quiet power of resilience. Weaving together stories of communities forced into exile, whose histories have been erased or silenced, the poem explores how faith, culture and memory survive displacement and how the uprooted still find ways to take root again.

In STORY

A wife's dilemma

Swarnima's and Vaamdeva's visit to the hermitage of Rishi Shukamukha turns out to be an extraordinary pilgrimage, which changes the meaning of their relationship forever.

In ESSAY

Ārya Prajñā: Artificial Intelligence according to Indian ethical values – Part II

All cultures develop machines and industries in their own image and hence an effort to build such machinery through an authentic Indic and Dharmic perspective should be our aim.

In STORY

The Palghar Resolve

One wonders if the sacrifice of our sadhus is what it might take to shake Hindu society from its slumber.

In ESSAY

Kali Yuga or The Age of Confusion – Part 1

We have allowed others, unfamiliar with or contemptuous of the truths discovered by millennia of yoga and sadhana, to think for us, speak for us, and ultimately to dictate to us.

In ESSAY, PERSPECTIVE

Resolving The Conundrum Of Visvesvara Jyotirlinga And Wuzukhana Shivalinga

The author explains why the Wuzukhana Shivalinga cannot be the original Visvesvara Jyotirlinga, Nandisavara, Tarakesvara, or Gangesvara, and asserts the possibility of it being the original Avimuktesvara Linga.

In PERSPECTIVE

The farrago of false equivalence

Equating Hindu dharma with proselytizing religions has been the bane of Hindu society.

In TRAVELOGUE

Thiruvannamalai – Shiva’s primordial form and Ramana Maharshi’s spiritual energy

The place where Lord Shiva manifested as a pillar of light and Ramana Maharshi attained samadhi.

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 EXCERPT

Talaq – Divorce in Islam

Talaq (Divorce) literally means “undoing the knot”, but in Islamic law, it signifies the dissolution of marriage

In ESSAY

The Last Hindu of Afghanistan

Like many regions before, Islam is now about to cleanse Afghanistan of whatever remains of Hinduism in its domain.

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The Deity: D-scale of Dharma

On objects like vessels, over time sediments accrete and coat the surface. The process of removing the accretions and restoring the shine is known as 'descaling.' Similarly with Deities, over time sentiments and fallacies have formed a layer over our beliefs. This D-Scale can be used to assess that and clean our attitudes towards the deities.

In POETRY

Sung by God: II (The Dawn of Knowledge)

Lord Krishna's words help usher in knowledge.

In ESSAY

Kashi Corridor – From Spirituality to Materialism

Treating temples as just another structure that can be replaced is to give in to the adharma of disregarding and offending the divinity that resides within them.

In STORY

‘Flight of the Deity’ from Martand Temple, Kashmir – Part 3

Tilak was banned, janeu was forbidden, Hindu clothes could no longer be worn, temples could not be built or renovated...and of course a foreign tongue and script rode roughshod over Kashmiri and Sharada, despite such desperate attempts at usurping a beauteous land from its original inhabitants, it did not perish.

In BOOK REVIEW

Before and After Prajñā: Journey of an ex-comrade

The work carried out and the policies implemented during the last five years have once again raised India's standing in the world.

In VIDEO

Lachit Borphukan – The Hero of Assam

A quick look at the life and times of Lachit Borphukan and his glorious contribution to the Ahom Kingdom of Assam

In PERSPECTIVE

Heena & the Hijab

An exploration into what constitutes adoption of cultural markers and practices in the context of the protests against O.S Arun's program to sing carnatic compositions in praise of Jesus and the left's utter inability to grasp the nuances of the issue.

In COMMENTARY

Bhagvada Gita and violence (Part 2)

Understood in its philosophical context, the final word of the Gita is a call for oneness, harmony and the greater good of all.

In ESSAY

Analysis of the Representation of Hindus in Western News Coverage during the 2019 Indian Elections

The media coverage of events in India have a heavy tilt where they repeatedly show Hindus in a bad light.

In COMMENTARY

Catastrophic ‘Kyotoisation’ of Kashi

The 'modernisation' project of building the Kashi corridor has resulted in the unabated destruction of centuries-old temples and their surrounding areas.

In POETRY

The Return of the Epic

The Epic spoke but we could not hear.

In ESSAY

How Buddha was turned Anti-Hindu

Despite being every inch a Hindu himself, the Buddha has been falsely portrayed as a rebel going against conventional Hindu beliefs and practices.

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