‘India In The Eyes Of Europeans’ by Martin Farek, one of the scholars of the Comparative School of Cultures in the Czech Republic; is a book that analyses the biases of the Christian European scholarship in interpreting all that is foreign to it; especially the way that scholars influenced by Christian theology, Western and Indian alike, view Indian and more specifically Hindu history.
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January 12, 2022January 12, 2022BOOK REVIEW
Book Review: The Āśrama System: The History and Hermeneutics of a Religious Institution
By: Sukrit Banerjee
Sukrit Banerjee's review concisely outlines Patrick Olivelle's findings on the evolution of the Āśrama System.
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March 20, 2020March 20, 2021ESSAY
The Big Scandal of Indology
By: Subhash Kak
The way Indology has been shaped through the centuries has resulted in Indic knowledge being alienated from its own people.
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February 21, 2018August 26, 2020COMMENTARY
The Public Ignoramus
By: Michel Danino
Decades of self-loathing has denied the younger generation access to its magnificent Indian heritage.
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March 22, 2017August 26, 2020CONVERSATION
Ram Temple and the ‘Idea of India’
By: Pragyata Staff
In this first of a two part interview, we speak with Dr Koenraad Elst about his areas of research, his books and his interest in Indian history, triggered by the politics around the Ram Temple in the late eighties.