The Need for Sanskritising Hindi
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, last month speaking at a rally on Hindi Diwas, triggered a chain reaction from ultra-harbingers of diversity, when he insisted on promoting Hindi in nation….
Sanskrit
Muslim induction has BHU stretching ‘secular’ charter to limits
Anyone with the slightest misgiving on the oft heard vociferation that Hindus are the worst enemies of Hindus need to updates themselves on the latest farce being enacted within the…
Why Sanskrit Should Be The National Language
Sanskrit is the ancient devabhāshā spanning millennials of history and development possessing incredibly valuable insights and timeless, limitless knowledge of religion, theology, culture, intellectual thinking, philosophy, sociology, science, mathematics, astronomy,…
Bharat, a land of great Acharyas – thinkers, scientists & teachers
Bharat is an ancient civilization that enriched the world in a number of different ways and fields with its inventions and discoveries. Although Bharat is known as a land of…
Doom and dharma
I often feel challenged when asked to speak at climate change gatherings. Especially so, at events like the five-day Rebel Camp that Extinction Rebellion recently held outside the Scottish Parliament….
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…
Why This Columbia Graduate Built a Spoken Sanskrit Start-Up
While studying for a masters in global thought, Abhinav Seetharaman, a keen linguist, decided to incubate an online venture teaching people one of the oldest living languages in the world — Sanskrit,…
Non-Brahmin Priestesses Conquer Bias, Learn Sanskrit, Perform Puja
More than 150 non-Brahmin, semi literate women got Sanskrit degrees and became trained and certified priestesses over the past 18 years in and around Mohopada, a tiny village in Raigad…
Temples under Secular Government: Case study of Tripunithura
The ancient and rich temples of Bharat have been the birthplace of controversies ever since their administration was taken over by the secular government. The common accusation made by the…