Like many regions before, Islam is now about to cleanse Afghanistan of whatever remains of Hinduism in its domain.
Month: August 2021
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A.M.Hocart’s ‘Caste: A comparative study’
A look at the caste-system from perhaps the only unprejudiced European from colonial times, anthropologist Arthur Maurice Hocart.
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Narrativizing Bharatavarsha
India's history and cultural ethos have been presented from a skewed lens that needs urgent correction.
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Land, Culture and Humanity
Hindus have faced various inimical forces in Bharatvarsha's long history, much like the Jews who were driven out of their own land.
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The Real Cost of Leather: Chamars, Cow, and Colonialism
The blame for the poverty and hardships faced by communities like Chamars and Mahars in present-day India is placed at the door of the 'caste system' and more specifically, the moral failings of so-called upper-castes (savarnas). A deeper and sincere investigation into the past and present of the global leather industry destroys the carefully crafted myth.
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Vedakosha Vibhaaga – Origin, organization and propagation of Vedic knowledge
The Vedas and the knowledge contained in them was deciphered by rishis and passed on in the guru-shishya tradition.