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Remembering the Mahatma

On the Occasion of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, a short excerpt from his life story as reported to have happened in Benaras Hindu University and from his Autobiography: The Experiments with Truth. In the year […]

The fierce Revolutionary- Pritilata Waddedar

“British people have snatched away our independence, have bled India white and have played havoc with the lives of Indians, both male and female. ‘They are the sole cause of our complete ruin-mental, physical, political […]

The Goddess Collective!

A few weeks earlier was the Navaratri festival in India that is celebrated for the victory of Goddess over Mahishasura. In the 9 days of Navaratri, we saw the 10 Mahavidyas and their forms, meanings, […]

Psychology of Embodiment in Hinduism

In January 2019, I became certified to practice Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP), a body-oriented psychotherapy modality, in which we work with emotions that get embedded in the muscular system and the organs at the physical […]

Durga, Kali- The fierce Goddess of Revolutionaries-II

The votaries of Bharat Mata ensured that along with the caring and nourishing nature of hers, she could pick up weapons at will so as to not to be perceived weak or passive especially at […]

Durga, Kali- the fierce Goddess of Revolutionaries-I

Durga, the warrior goddess of the Hindu pantheon, responsible for the creation of the Universe, is generally represented as a multiply armed goddess wielding weapons of all sorts. She rides a fierce lion and invariably […]

The Vijayadashmi of Peshwas!

During Peshwa’s time, the public festivals of Ganpati, Holi, and Dasara were held on a grand scale as state functions, where Shaniwar Wada, the beautiful mansion of the Peshwas formed the center of importance and […]

Durga, Matrikas in the Eastern Chalukyan reign!

One of the important temples of the eastern Chalukyan period is in the village of Biccavolu which lies between Samalkot and Rajahmundry. The village’s name is a corruption of Bikkanavrol, or Birudankavrolu, which was derived […]

Goddess Tuljabhavani: A link between Maharashtra, Karnataka and Nepal

Tuljapur, an ancient Shaktipeeth in Maharashtra is the seat of Devi Tuljabhavani, the Kuldevi of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his inspiration who empowered him to build Hindavi Swarajya. The goddess has been the Kuladevi of […]

Goddess Tara: The Second Mahavidya!

One of the special things about the Goddess worshipping in Hinduism is the worship of the goddess collective in different forms. The collective can take forms from Goddess pair like Chamumda-Chotila of Gujarat to Tri-Ambika […]

Kali: The first Mahavidya!

The Goddess worship in India is eons old, sometimes pre-dating to the oldest Vedic hymns. In Indian scriptures, we find a division of the world into 2 parts – Prakriti – that which is material, […]

HOW MOVEMENTS DISINTEGRATE!

A Movement in the context of society can be defined as a group of people working together towards a noble cause. But as Eric Hoffer puts it in his book, ‘The Temper of Our Time‘, […]

The Divine Month of Shravana

The story goes that in the Tretayuga, the Yadav’s were ruling the land of Mathura. Among them was a Yadav whose name was Kamsa. He was the child of a rakshasa and a Yadav woman. […]

‘Viveka’- A Best Friend!

Sit calmly in any place. Take a moment to pay attention to something. Rock, tree, hill, sky, building, anything that is in your sight. When you watch a tree, your attention by default takes away […]

India’s Response in combating COVID-19 Pandemic

The year 2020 has proved to be quite a challenge to the world and the reason being, the global pandemic caused by the virus COVID-19 which has gripped the entire world today. Not many at […]

India’s Response in combating the COVID-19 Pandemic

On March 11th, 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic, little did we realize that life as we know it would cease being the same again. Having witnessed the […]

AAVARANA: The Veil

“The art of concealing truth is called ‘Aavarana’, and that of protecting it is ‘Vikshepa’. When these occur at the level of an individual, it is known as ‘Avidya’ and when they occur at the […]

Rashtra Dharma: A Civilizational Context

Indian Civilization is all about ‘Dharma’. Dharma can be explained as ‘One’s Duty’ that one has to abide by in any situation. But there is never one type of Dharma. It is a complex phenomenon […]

Role of Indian Scientists and Technologists in Global Science and Technology

India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world which has a strong tradition of Science and Technology. Ancient India was a land of sages and seers as well as a land of scholars […]

The idea of India: Before and after Independence

The concept of nation and nationality are different in different parts of the world. They are generally based on language, region, or religion. Nationalism word was derived from the word nation. At the time of […]

The Idea of India: Before and After Independence

15th August 1947, the day when India got Independence, the day when an oppressed country saw the enchanting rays of freedom from the clutches of a tyrannical foreign regime. But was it a day when […]

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