Dharma & CultureIn the ruthless, empty sky of Hindu Rashtra (Hindu nation), clouds of many hues have suddenly emerged in the Paridhavi samvatsara (year of the sixty-year astrological cycle). A formidable grand transformation has begun. First, the uprooting of the fierce impediment named 370 by the *Sarvaraja Samrat Paramabhattaraka* (supreme sovereign emperor) Shri Narendra Modi and *Sarvadhyaksha Mahadandanayaka* (supreme commander) Shri Amit Shah, then Shri Ram Janmabhoomi...
18 October 2026 · 3 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraTales from the Puranas (sacred texts), Part 3: When Romaharshana and Ugrashrava of the Suta jati (bardic order) became Brahmanas. "Breaking India" powers attack Hindu culture in order to break India; after all, Hindu culture is indeed Indian culture. Part of that very conspiracy is attempting to prove the casteism that emerged in the medieval period to be ancient, and the so-cal...
18 October 2026 · 6 min read
Sanskrit & Shastra*Sanatana Sanskriti* (eternal culture) is not time-bound, which is why it is called *Sanatana*. That *shashvata* (eternal) *dharma* (cosmic order and righteous duty) which has come down through tradition across the three periods of time and is beyond time itself, is *Sanatana*. Yet, the intellect of those influenced by modern scientism fails when limited to mere physical yardsticks. Much controversy is generated over the birth era of Shri Ram. But the resolution of this...
18 October 2026 · 8 min read
Dharma & CultureCertain misguided individuals fueled by sectarian animosity refuse to accept 'Shrimad Bhagavat', the crest-jewel among the Puranas (ancient texts), as authored by Maharshi Vedavyasa, claiming instead that it was written in the 13th century by a pandit (scholar) named Bopadeva. Although they could not produce proof for this even over several lifetimes, yet futile words...
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraNowadays, a falsehood has been very cleverly circulated among Hindus that Ravana never touched any woman, that if he had lust he also had self-restraint, and so on—all to prove Ravana to be a man of character and to draw people away from Shri Ram, bringing them close to the demon Ravana. But is this actually true?
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
News & MediaA river once flowed through the rugged hills of the Nahargarh aranya (forest) in Jaipur, the nation’s cultural capital. When the Athuniya Dam built upon it overflowed, cascades would burst forth across the picturesque Amer hills. While founding Jaipur, Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh cut through the Harmada hill to bring water from the Bandi river into the Dravyavati. Nahargarh
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
Dharma & CultureEven today, whenever I think about the Shri Ram Mandir, the reality of Ayodhya feels like a dream. And now that this truth is about to come pass, even more dreams are raising a clamour in the mind. Not merely the 67 acres of the Janmabhumi (birthplace) land, but the whole of Ayodhya itself is awaiting the Devashilpi (divine architect) Vishwakarma. This invincible land of the Ikshvaku dynasty
17 October 2026 · 11 min read
Politics & HistoryPrime Minister Narendra Modi writes on Israel in his book 'Setubandh', "Two thousand years ago, invaders devastated Israel. Some of its people had been scattered across different parts of the world, yet, filled with their sense of self-pride, taking advantage of the circumstances of the First and Second World Wars...
17 October 2026 · 3 min read
Politics & History"Come, Death... come... do come." At the age of 83, Veer Savarkar, adopting the ancient tradition of Hindu sadhus (ascetics), renounced food, water, and medicines on 1 February, on the tithi (lunar day) of Magha Shukla Ekadashi (eleventh day of the waxing fortnight in the month of Magha). He maintained, "When life's mission is fulfilled, and the strength to serve society no longer remains, one should embrace death oneself."
17 October 2026 · 3 min read
Politics & HistorySalutations to Myanmar’s Nobel laureate Mother Aung San Suu Kyi, who brushed aside international pressure to stand steadfastly with her nation. Defying the stripping of numerous awards already and the threats of global leftist powers to revoke her Nobel, she stood by her country. Today, every citizen of Brahmadesh (traditional name for Myanmar)
17 October 2026 · 3 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraIn Hindu Dharma, based on Vedanta thought, there are five major Vedic sampradayas (traditions). 1) The "Shankara-sampradaya", based on the "Advaita" (non-dualism) doctrine of Shrimad Adi Shankaracharya. 2) The "Shri Sampradaya", based on the "Vishishtadvaita" (qualified non-dualism) doctrine of Shrimad Ramanujacharya. It was within the Shri Sampradaya itself that Shrimad Ramanandacharya emerged, and Shri Sam...
17 October 2026 · 7 min read
Politics & HistoryWhat is the connection between the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which remains in the news, and the 1969 Gujarat riots? It was the 21st of August 1969 when a Christian missionary from Australia named Denis Michael Rohan set fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Rohan believed that burning the Al-Aqsa Mosque would hasten the Second Coming of
17 September 2026 · 4 min read
Dharma & CultureGiven the controversies often seen regarding Yudhishthira and others, we must look to the Mahabharata itself to determine whether Yudhishthira and the other Pandavas were powerful in their own right and embodiments of dharma (righteousness), or if, according to modern propaganda, they were merely dependent on the mercy of Shri Krishna. For the sages repeatedly call him Dharmaraj, and their words cannot be false.
13 September 2026 · 13 min read
Politics & History"The City of God" in A.D. 410 was a significant moment in Western history, when the Vandals, under the leadership of their king, Alaric, captured the city of Rome. Rome was known as the Eternal City because the Romans thought that it would truly never fall, and the year 410 shook this belief to its foundation
10 September 2026 · 6 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraThere are many Hindus who wish to know and understand Sanatan Dharma, or what we call Hindu Dharma, in its true and authentic form, but in the absence of guidance, they are unable to reach the right destination. It is both the unique characteristic and the difficulty of Hindu Dharma that, just as in other faiths, such as the Quran in Islam, and in Christianity
1 September 2026 · 5 min read
News & MediaA river flowed through the inaccessible hills of the Nahargarh forest of Jaipur, the cultural capital of the country. When the Athunia dam built on the Nahargarh hill used to split, waterfalls from the picturesque Amber Hills were fountained. While settling Jaipur, Maharani Sawaa
19 January 2019 · 5 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraDon't freak out, yet! RSS or VHP didn't publish it nor did the BJP. This is an article published on the website of the Department of Surgery, Columbia University. Yes, you read that department right, not some School of Indic studies or Department of Islamic studies. Article title
9 January 2019 · 3 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraThis article is an extract from Two Cheers, for Democracy (1936). by E.M. Forster . E. M. Forster (born 1879) was a novelist and critic whose literary output has been limited in amount but is of very high quality. Of his novels, the best known are Howard’s End (1910) and A Passag
9 January 2019 · 14 min read
