An Indic Perspective to Mathematics — 3 July 6, 2016UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Culture, Ganita, History, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham (This is the concluding part of the sequel to ‘Introduction to Ganita’) Part 1 (Introduction) Part 2 (Ganita – Math Encounters) Part 3 (below): Ganita prevailed over Math in their encounters, but what did it really win? While Ganita’s … Read the rest
An Indic Perspective to Mathematics — 2 July 3, 2016UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Culture, Ganita, History, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham This is the Second in a Set of Posts as a follow up to our ‘Introduction to Ganita’. This Set of Posts on the Indic Perspective to Mathematics is the third installment of our continuing Series on Ganita. Our first … Read the rest
An Indic Perspective to Mathematics — 1 July 1, 2016UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Culture, Ganita, History, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham This is the first of a 3-part set of Posts that follows our ‘Introduction to Ganita’ Topic Outline This Post studies from an Indic perspective, the path taken by Mathematics from ancient Greece to reach its present form. We compare … Read the rest
Literature: Panchatantra June 6, 2016UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Dharma, Literature, Niti, Politics, SocietyN.R.I.pathi Many of you may wonder, with the galaxy of Classical Indic Literature at our tips, why the Panchatantra, a story of animal fables, may be the first work of Literature we cover in-depth at ICP. Given the constant drumbeat about … Read the rest
Thoughts about Bharat Mata on “Mother’s Day” May 8, 2016UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Culture, Dharma, Elite, Shakti, SocietyN.R.I.pathi At first glance, many of the anglicised (reluctantly or otherwise) may wonder why, on Mother’s day of all days, I would write a piece on the Clash of Civilizations. The more ardently suspicious of anything foreign may even say “… Read the rest
