Sulbasutras & the Indic Approach to Engineering — 2

February 7, 2018UncategorizedDharma, Ganita, Sanatana, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham

Summary

Part-1 focused on the transcendental objective of the Sulba Sutras. Geometrical metaphors and algebraic ideas emerge from the system of correspondences (bandhus) established in the Yagna [3, 4, 5]. This results in a natural unity among seemingly diverse … Read the rest

RW is as Mentally Colonised as LW

February 2, 2018UncategorizedDharma, Elite, India, Politics, Sanatana, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

There comes a point in time when a nagging feeling must become reluctantly accepted. Right Wing is as Mentally Colonised as the Left Wing. It is not an easy one or even one that is obvious on its face. But … Read the rest

The Misconstrued Abhinaya

January 22, 2018UncategorizedDance, Fashion, High Culture, Shakti, TraditionsAdmin

The following Post was composed by respected scholar-danseuse Prakruti Prativadi.

In a worrying development, things have been vanishing in Bharatanāṭyaṃ performances for a while now. It started out as a missing piece here, and then another one there, and now … Read the rest

Sulba Sutras & the Indic Approach to Engineering — 1

January 16, 2018UncategorizedDharma, Ganita, Literature, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham

How great is the science which revealed itself in the Sulba, and how meagre is my intellect! I have aspired to cross the unconquerable ocean in a mere raft". 
-Bibhutibhushan Datta, Science of the Sulbas.

Summary

In this short … Read the rest

The Modern “Hindu” is a Charvaka

January 10, 2018UncategorizedCulture, Dharma, Sanatana, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

Prior to this Post, we published The Descent of Man — Stages of Charvaka-ism. It explored how men & women of whatever caste and whatever background can descend from Daiva Bhakti to Asura Bhaava.

Those of you long time … Read the rest

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