The amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert to harvest water, are still used today -- and are often superior to modern water mega-projects.
Year: 2016
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Caste in stone – Part 1 (Introduction)
Caste politics derives sustenance from centuries of erroneous scholarship that began with the British colonial project in India. The theories so derived have since been challenged by many scholars but the associated myths persist as strongly as ever.
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Effects of Colonization on Indian Thought – Part 1
The country’s so-called elite, whose mind had been shaped and hypnotized by their colonial masters, always assumed that anything Western was so superior that in order to reach all-round fulfilment, India merely had to follow European thought, science, and political institutions.
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Yoga and Meditation: Their Origins and Real Purpose
Looking back at how Yoga developed as the gateway to the spiritual realm and the gross techniques that helped its realization.
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The Gita in Today’s World
It can find relevance in the modern age where ego and mass greed has replaced the dharmic way of life whilst also preventing the escapist mentality from permeating through.
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Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism
The relationship of India with Tibet is one of a benevolent Guru with an able disciple. The ancient university at Nalanda had a tremendous impact on the spiritual and intellectual evolution of Tibetan culture.
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Challenging Western Universalism
What is universal cannot be sectarian but what is sectarian can be made to look like universal. In search of global domination, the western world has, for centuries, done just that with other peoples and cultures.
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The wonder that was Kashmir
Kashmir, before the advent of Islam, was a vibrant seat of learning and made staggering contributions to Indic culture in fields as diverse as arts, sciences, literature and philosophy.
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WHO AM I?
Atman is the observer that lets the gross body function unhindered, as the 'Self' tries to free itself from the ego & the senses to clean the slate of karma for us all.
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Philosophy of Healing in Ayurveda
Health, as per Ayurveda, has both physical and moral components and is deeply embedded in the worldview derived from the six principal darsanas of Hindu philosophy.