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  • What Genghis Khan Can Teach Us About Secular Values

    What Genghis Khan Can Teach Us About Secular Values

    Published on 23rd April, 2022, in the Times of India. China today has a very …

  • Modern Management Is Essentially Violent As It Is Based on Consumption

    Modern Management Is Essentially Violent As It Is Based on Consumption

    Published on 16th April, 2022, in Economic Times. Consumption is violence. Bhoga (food) demands bali …

  • Female Voice in Rig Veda

    Female Voice in Rig Veda

    Published on 10th April, 2022, in Mid-day. The Rig Vedic hymns were composed over 3,000 …

  • An Eclipsing of History That Frightens Many Hindus

    An Eclipsing of History That Frightens Many Hindus

    Published on 26th March, 2022, in Times of India. People forget. If you go to …

  • The Jain Monk and His Saka Saviours

    The Jain Monk and His Saka Saviours

    Published on 25th March, 2022, in The Hindu About two thousand years ago incidents took …

  • How Trade Blossomed an Exchange of Ideas Between India and Arabia.

    How Trade Blossomed an Exchange of Ideas Between India and Arabia.

    Published on 26th February, 2022, in Times of India. Indians had been trading with Arabs …

  • When Horses First Came to India

    When Horses First Came to India

    Published on 19th December, 2021, in Mid-day. The horse is not native to the Indian …

  • How Did Tantra Spread from India to Tibet?

    How Did Tantra Spread from India to Tibet?

    Published on 14th August, 2021, in Times of India. Tibetan Buddhism is called Vajrayana Buddhism, …

  • ‘Thali’, ‘handi’, ‘paniki’

    ‘Thali’, ‘handi’, ‘paniki’

    ‘Thali’, ‘handi’, ‘paniki’: Unique Inventions of the Indian Kitchen by Women Who Remain Nameless Published …

  • View: How Rigveda Speaks of Aspiration and Collaboration

    View: How Rigveda Speaks of Aspiration and Collaboration

    Published on 19th March, 2021, in the Economic Times. The Veda is not a single …

  • View: The Beginning and End of Using Religion

    View: The Beginning and End of Using Religion

    Published on 6th February, 2021, in The Economic Times. When the Romans went about conquering, …

  • How Hindutva Threatens the History of Hindus

    How Hindutva Threatens the History of Hindus

    Who is a Hindu? How Hindutva threatens the history of Hindus Published on 5th July, …

  • How Was Hindu Rajdharma Different From Turuku’s?

    How Was Hindu Rajdharma Different From Turuku’s?

    Published on 26th April, 2020, in Mumbai Mirror People often speak of a civilisational rupture …

  • View: Why Indians do not innovate

    View: Why Indians do not innovate

    Published on 4th April, 2020, in the Economic Times Despite being highly creative, there are …

  • The Arya in Iran

    The Arya in Iran

    Published on 13th October, 2019, in Mumbai Mirror Ancient Hindus called themselves Arya and their …

  • Harappan and Aryan Roots of Rig Veda

    Harappan and Aryan Roots of Rig Veda

    Published on 15th September, 2019, in Mid-day DNA studies are now showing that Harappans did …

  • Who is a Hindu? Making of a Hindu king

    Who is a Hindu? Making of a Hindu king

    The king brings order. But how does one establish himself as a ruler?…

  • Who is a Hindu? How Hinduism was enriched by rivalry

    Who is a Hindu? How Hinduism was enriched by rivalry

    Every religion is an outcome of many historical and geographical forces. Every religion has a past and transforms over time…