5th International Day of Yoga in Texas, USA
The Consulate General of Bharat, Houston in collaboration with Friends of Yoga, is organizing several events across Texas to celebrate the 5th International Day of Yoga (IDY). This ancient Bharatiya…
Ancient Hindu Science
How Yoga Can Save You From Depression
Yoga is the most popular, yet the most misunderstood and misrepresented Hindu science. Yoga is commonly practiced as a physical training or “spiritual” exercise to rejuvenate yourself. This is not…
How 5,000-year-old ayurveda taught a Cornell-and-Harvard-trained doctor not to fear cancer
Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya is a practicing physician-scientist, assistant professor and author. A 2014 senior Fulbright Scholar, she is Clinical Asst Professor of Family Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. She…
Westerners Stealing Hindu Intellectual Property is More Than Plagiarism
Colonial or a white supremacy mindset may be clever enough to adopt Hindu practices but denies giving credit where it is due. Stealing Hindu intellectual property, they do not hesitate…
The Secret of the Veda
Most people are perplexed about the Vedas. Very few have read them, and those who have find them difficult to understand. They can’t make sense of its many divinities, sacrifices,…
Cosmology and Consciousness: A Comparative Study of Hindu Metaphysics and Physics
The latest theory of Cosmology, ‘Cycles of Time’, as put forth by Roger Penrose and debated by others including Stephen Hawking who has written the magnum opus on Brief History…
The Magnetic Pull of Bharat’s Soft Power
The word “soft power” was first coined by Harvard scholar Joseph Nye. He described this term as the ability to attract and co-opt, rather than using coercion which was called…
Bharatiya Traditional Knowledge: A Public Policy Perspective
Recently, twitter witnessed huge outrage over an article tweeted by American Scientific Association which referred to the ancient yogic technique of Pranayam as “Cardiac Coherent Breathing”. This article raises the…
The Axis and the Perimeter of the Temple – Part 3
The Axis and the Perimeter The Agniksetra or the later temple plan of the Vedic ritual represents two significant numbers, 180 and 54, which, when doubled, correspond to astronomical knowledge related to…
The Axis and the Perimeter of the Temple – Part 2
The Altar as a Representation of the Cosmos The Śatapatha Br. informs us that the altar is to represent the mystery of time. Its dimensions are to represent earth. “As large…