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

The Descent of Man — Stages of Charvaka-ism

January 5, 2018UncategorizedCulture, Dharma, Elite, Mahabharata, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

There is an old story about a Brahmana who had traveled to Greece and was conversing with a Sophist. The Sophist said that the Greeks had separated God from studying Science so that their rational temper would not be clouded … Read the rest

Envisioning the Modern Kurukshetra

December 26, 2017UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Dharma, High Culture, Mahabharata, Niti, PoliticsN.R.I.pathi

Introduction

The imagery of the Kurukshetra continues to be a powerful one in the mind of Bharatvasis. The gathering of great armies preparing to clash in the name of Dharma and Desha is one that is both captivating and cautionary. … Read the rest

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