Text-centred writing on Sanskrit literature and classical shastra.
Your child celebrates Teacher’s Day with enthusiasm, yet pays no heed to Guru Purnima (the traditional day honoring the guru). Why? Brainwashing through education! I have no objection to your celebrating this individual's birth anniversary as Teacher’s Day or as any other day, but it is also my duty to show you their other side. How?
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
Lala’s chhichhi (infantile mess)! Typically, when you are having a meal of kadhi-chawal, your siblings or friends must have surely spoiled your appetite in jest by likening its appearance to something all too similar... and yet here in Braj, the transcendental love of the Brajwasis (residents of Braj) for Kanha is such that here, on the second day of Janmashtami
23 October 2026 · 1 min read
The Purusha Sukta (hymn to the Cosmic Being) of the Veda is that Manasarovar of Sanatana Sanskriti (eternal culture) from plunging into which our ancestors extracted the finest of gems and jewels. The Vedas manifested upon the earth solely to secure the welfare of all humanity. If Bharat is viewed after excising these very foundational texts of dharma (cosmic and moral order)—the Vedas, Upanishads, Smritis (remembered canon), and Puranas (ancient scriptures)—th
23 October 2026 · 6 min read
Although descriptions of Brahmanas are found in numerous texts, the finest ones are in the Vedas and smritis (sacred texts outside the Vedas). The right to be a Brahmana belongs to everyone, regardless of caste, region, or sect. However, becoming a Brahmana requires the observance of certain rules. Through the observance of these very rules, eight Brah
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
While reading the novel "Doosri Jannat" written by Nasira Sharma, born in DNA Allahabad, I suddenly remembered Allama Iqbal, who in his "Jawab-e-Shikwa" restlessly and immersed in grief says to his co-religionists: "वज़ह में तुम हो नसारा तो तमद्दुन में हनूद/ ये मुसलमां हैं जिन्हें देख के शर्माये" (The Christians are [ahead] in reason, and the Hindus in culture; these are Muslims, seeing whom [even Islam] is ashamed.)
18 October 2026 · 5 min read
It will take no more than 30 seconds to prove that the practice of sati was a fictional custom and was never prevalent among Hindus. How????? Look, the word *sati* is derived from the Sanskrit *sat* (truth), meaning truth or truthful. In the context of women, *sati* means a true wife or a loyal wife. The story of Sati Anusuya...
18 October 2026 · 3 min read
Some people perpetually claim that Ganesha is merely a figment of the imagination: how could an elephant’s head ever replace that of a human? The moment a head is severed, death is instantaneous; why, then, did Ganesha not die when his head was severed? It is all mere myth. But today, we shall demonstrate: is all of this truly contrary to science? Is it truly
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
In the fourth chapter of the Chhandogyopanishad, we find the narrative of Jabala, Satyakam, and Maharshi Gautama, the son of Haridrumata. Jabala represents that Bharat where woman in every form is Narayani (the divine feminine), while Satyakam stands as the sentinel of truth who declares that the wise person who never deviates from the path of truth is alone Brahma
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
The opposition to the film *Padmavati* by the entire Hindu society is a matter of great delight. For this vehement protest against the film, along with the Shri Rajput Karni Sena and Rajput organizations, Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, other Hindu organizations, Aggarwal Mahasabha, Brahmin Mahasabha, Vaishya Mahasabha and 36 other communities (caste groups) have come together.
18 October 2026 · 5 min read
The Saga of the Puranas (ancient chronicles), Part-1 The banyan tree of Hindu Dharma (cosmic and moral order), with its myriad branches laden with leaves, flowers, and fruits, rests upon roots that extend deep into the Vedas (sacred scriptures). But what is its trunk? Its trunk is the Puranas. If Hindu Dharma is likened to a grand multi-storeyed building, the Vedas would be called its foundation, and the 'Puranas' its pillars.
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
Generally, we consider someone a Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, or Shudra solely on the basis of jati (birth-caste), but according to Hindu dharmagranthas (sacred texts), a person's karma (actions) is of greater importance than their birth. It is only on the basis of karma that one can truly be called a Brahmin or anything else. Here, we shall see that Hindu sha...
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
Respected Shiv Kumar Ji yesterday expressed legitimate concern over the growing vulgarity in cinema. Attention must also be paid to another medium. Television, in particular, has been flooded with reality dance shows. These people, indulging in naked dancing, call themselves artists and their flesh-rubbing contests nritya (dance). Is dance
18 October 2026 · 5 min read
Some time ago, I contacted a coaching institute to prepare for the RAS (Administrative Service). A day or two ago, I received a call from them informing me that their new batch was starting, and that I could attend a 2-day trial class. Although I had no immediate intention of taking admission, I thought there was no harm in attending the trial class. So today, I
18 October 2026 · 6 min read
According to the Yogasutra, kusamskara (negative mental impressions) are formed through the unceasing bad karma (action) of past lives and this present life. It is these very kusamskaras that are the trash continuously accumulating upon the chitta (mind-stuff). What, then, has the chitta become nowadays? A dustbin or a dump yard!! Time and again, news arrives that so many people die when a mountain of garbage collapses
18 October 2026 · 5 min read
A gang has been created on social media that is manufacturing differences between Brahmins and Rajputs. Today, after conducting research across numerous grantha (texts), I would like to give them a reply. Although this research yielded 25-30 shloka (verses) and several episodes that illustrate the interdependent relationship between Brahmin and Kshatriya, but the article t
18 October 2026 · 7 min read
Tales 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
*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
A coincidence never to be repeated: Once a photograph appears on the internet, it can no longer be called a ‘rare photo’. This photograph of the Solvay Conference (in the year 1927) (shown here) is likewise not rare in the above context, yet there is one fact that renders this photograph rarer than rare.
18 October 2026 · 3 min read
Nowadays, 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
भद्रं इच्छन्तः ऋषयः स्वर्विदः, तपो दीक्षां उपसेदु: अग्रे ! ततो राष्ट्रं बलं ओजश्च जातम्, तदस्मै देवा उपसं नमन्तु !! As stated in this mantra of the Atharvaveda, "The self-realized rishis (seers), desiring the welfare of the world, underwent diksha (consecration) and performed tapas (austerity) at the dawn of creation, from which nation-building...
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
What is varna (traditional social order)? Who is foremost among the four varnas? In contemporary times, the Shudra (service and artisan order) varna is perhaps assumed to be impoverished people clad in wretched clothes; that is why many jatis (lineage-based communities) take issue with being designated as Shudra varna. Before I offer my view on what follows, let me clarify one thing: if tomorrow someone presents me with my true history and th—
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
Shudras (the fourth varna) lived on the outskirts of the village and protected it. Working on the land of farmers, demarcating village boundaries, providing security to merchants as they moved from place to place, protecting agricultural yields and the state treasury, and safely transporting them from one place to another—all these were the duties of the Shudras.
18 October 2026 · 10 min read
In the Greek language, the word 'crypto' means hidden or secret. 'Crypto-Christian'* means secret-Christian. The important thing here is that 'crypto-Christian' is not an insult or a negative term. Crypto-Christianity is an institutional practice of Christianity. Of crypto-Christianity
18 October 2026 · 7 min read
An important book written by Sita Ram Goel, *History of Hindu Christian Encounters* (A. D. 304 to 1996), was first published in 1986, with an expanded second edition appearing in 1996. After reading the book, Koenraad Elst met Goel in 1989 and, regarding the book, his re...
18 October 2026 · 13 min read