Rtu Vidya: Decoding the ancient science behind menstrual practices
“What is pure was, we do not touch. And what we do not touch, we call it taboo. She a menstruating woman was so pure that she was worshipped as…
Book review
New children’s books to keep young readers company
With an unprecedented year of transformation in education, children’s reading has gained a new significance. Here are new children’s titles from Talking Cub and Scholastic that will keep the young…
‘Swift Horses Sharp Swords’ by Amit Agarwal – An amazing way to write a history book from a Hindu perspective
The author Mr. Amit Agarwal has done us proud by writing a history book from a Hindu perspective. So far, majority of Bharatiya history books are written with a secular…
Exploring the other side of the LoC
‘Forgotten Kashmir’ examines the evolution of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) over the past seven decades. It includes major milestones like the tribal invasion in 1947-48, the Sudhan revolt in the 1950s,…
New book on Ayodhya chronicles change in mood
Fear, apprehension and suspicion has finally been replaced with a sense of ease and excitement and Ayodhya, after the Supreme Court verdict – is now striding ahead with development. A…
Book review: “From the Beginning of Time – Modern science and the Puranas” by Ganesh Swaminathan
It hardly ever happened in recent times that I read a book from cover to cover within a few days, due to the huge daily influx of information via the…
The case for Sanskrit non-translatables: Antidote for Dharmic cultural genocide
Sanskrit Non-translatables: The importance of Sankritizing English is a pioneering initiative that seeks to counter dharmic cultural genocide by Sanskritizing English…
A review of “Operation Lebensraum: Illegal Migration from Bangladesh”
I first came across this book by Hiranya Kumar Bhattacharyya (ex-IPS) when I was listening to a lecture presented by Mr. J. Sai Deepak on illegal immigration. As the content of…
The Final Pagan Generation – Life in 4th Century Rome
Introduction The ‘Final Pagan Generation’ by Edward J. Watts describes life in 4th Century CE in the Roman Empire. Watts uses 4 Roman elites; Ausonius, Themistius, Libanius and Praetextatus, as…
‘Dharm, Samskruti Aur Rajya’ by Guru Dutt – Chapter on Education: Part 4
This series of articles presents the English translation of the Chapter on Education from the book ‘Dharm, Samskruti Aur Rajya’ written by Sri Guru Dutt and published in 1964 by Hindi Sahitya Sadan. We hope…