The Lost City of Dwarka
Today hidden in the depths of the Arabian Sea, the legendary city of Dwarka was once the famed capital of the Chandravanshi Kshatriya (Lunar Dynasty) scions of Vrishni and Lord…
Mathematical Approximations in the Vedic Texts
Srauta Sutras are appendages to the Vedic Brahmana texts that concern with the proper conduct of rituals in the Sruti Texts. Of particular interest to mathematics is the ’Baudhayana Sulbha…
The Flaws in Economics: How I got disenchanted with the Dismal Science
There is something about policy and governance that has always intrigued me, and central to the nation's policy design has been economics (or as we will dissect, has been fatal…
Purnatva: The Life and Times of Swami Asimananda Saraswati
Man's everlasting want is for perfection, for he is the very reflection of the perfect divine. Seeking his essential nature as 'Sat-Chit-Anand' (Perfect Truth, Pure Consciousness and Bliss), he wanders…
The Paradox of Vrindavan: Observations of a Native
(This post has been contributed by an Anonymous resident of Vrindavan) "They obviously do not understand the bhakti of Bhagwan Ram."—Acharya Satyendra Das¹ "Banaras had an old puranic identity, a…
Tat Tvam Asi or Atat Tvam Asi: Refuting Madhva’s interpretation of a Mahavakya
Introduction The theological basis of Vedanta philosophy is grounded in the Upanishadic literature, embedded in the Vedic Samhita schools as appendages. Of these have emerged the schools of Advaita, Vishishtadvaita…
Female Education and Ritual Status in Ancient India: Perspectives from Literature
Many false narratives often propagated by sections in academia, modern feminists, Marxist historians as well as some ignorant members of the Hindu society remain in the context of gender issues,…
The Vedic Geometric Genius: Part 1
Geometry forms the foundation of the disciplines of architecture, town planning, design and mathematical thought and for the very same reason has found copious elaboration among ancient civilisations. However, the…
Bharatiya Education Methodology: A Short Primer
Ancient Indian Education evolved strictly on the foundations of Indian epistemological and philosophical traditions. The streams of education were divided into the Paravidya(The higher or spiritual sciences) and Aparavidya(The lower or secular…
The Hindu Rate of Growth: A Prejudiced Fallacy
Students of economics or readers of economic and financial editorials often come across one of the most abused terms in literature of Indian economic history, the 'Hindu Rate of Growth'.…