Sri Madhwacharya has explained, in his mahabharata tatparya nirnaya, how each of the pandavas were the personification of many auspicious ‘guNas’. Such an understanding is helpful in interpreting the mahabharata as a ‘manvAdi’ grantha. Amongst the pandavas, bhimasena is the personification of 10 main guNas. Sri Madhwa explains this through one shloka in his MBTN... Continue Reading →
Book List For The Bharatiya RW
During the course of a few mini discussions with Gopi ji — managed to obtain a list of books that any one interested in Indian Nationalism, Hindu Cultural Renaissance, Hindutva and related topics MUST read. Putting the list here in public domain for benefit of wider audience. Jadunath Sarkar: The Fall of the Mughal Empire A Short... Continue Reading →
Bhima Prajna: The Slaying of Jatasura
This post is a part of the series of posts highlighting the ten guNas that bhimasena displays in the mahabharata. The ten gunas have been explained by Sri Madhwacharya in his mahabharata tatparya nirnaya as follows भक्तिर्ज्ञानं सवैराग्यं प्रज्ञा मेधा धृतिः स्थिथिः | योगः प्राणो बलं चैव वृकोदरो इति स्मृतः || २-१४१ || Vrikodara is... Continue Reading →
The Real Core Voter Won’t Be Silenced
A few days back, an article titled “Why The Core Hindu Voter is Upset With Modi” was published in the Swarajya magazine. The same writeup also appeared as the cover article in their May 2018 print edition. It analyzed the outlook of the present Modi administration towards Core Hindu issues and surmised that there has... Continue Reading →
Savarkar’s Solution to the Lingayat Issue
The title of this post may seem strange — given that the Lingayat issue has blown into a full fledged issue only recently, and Veer Savarkar lived many decades ago. But then — that is the greatness of such stalwarts — I guess. Their anticipation of where society would head — and what attempts would be made at attacking the Hindu religion is... Continue Reading →
Approaches to Affirmative Action
Apple from the Hills Consider a hilly area near the Himalayas somewhere in North India. Owned entirely by the local Government, a special variety of Apple grew there. Every year, only a few hundred apple grew and there was always heavy demand for the same. After harvest, the Government, with all its noble intentions, gave... Continue Reading →
The Sapta Bhagyas of Karnataka Government
2013ರಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ನಡೆದು ಸಿದ್ದರಾಮಯ್ಯನವರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ಸ್ ಸರಕಾರ ಅಧಿಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದಿತು. ಚುಕ್ಕಾಣಿ ಹಿಡಿದ ಕೆಲವೇ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿವಿಧ ‘ಭಾಗ್ಯ’ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಘೋಷಿಸಲಿಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಿತು. ಅನ್ನ ಭಾಗ್ಯ, ಶಾದಿ ಭಾಗ್ಯ, ಕ್ಷೀರ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ತಾನೊಂದು ಸೋಷಿಯಲಿಸ್ಟ್ ಸರಕಾರ ಎಂದು ಸಾಬೀತುಪಡಿಸುವ ದಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಹಾಕಿತು. ಈ ಸರಕಾರದ ಐದು ವರುಷಗಳ ಅವಧಿ ಇನ್ನೇನು ಮುಗಿಯಲಿದೆ, ಮುಂದಿನ ತಿಂಗಳ 12ರಂದು ಹೊಸ ಚುನಾವಣೆ. ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದ ಐದು ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಸರಕಾರದಿಂದ... Continue Reading →
Justice Loya Judgement: Thwarting An Attempt to Cast Aspersions on Judiciary
Two days ago, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court, that included the honorable Chief Justice, dismissed a ‘PIL’ related to the death of Justice Loya, a district judge of Maharashtra. Justice Loya was handling the Sohrabuddin case in which Amit Shah, the President of the BJP, was an accused. Several articles have been published... Continue Reading →
Pandava Ajnatavasa: Three Interpretations
Recently I happened to read an article on the internet where the ajnatavasa incident of virata parva in the mahabharata was used to interpret human psychology. The author felt that the roles that each pandava put on was an “attempt to accept their disowned sides”. So yudhisthira becoming kanka was an attempt to “get in... Continue Reading →
Definition of Paramatma in the First Shloka of the Vishnusahasranama
The vishnusahasranama is one of the most powerful stotras available in the literature of sanatana dharma. Upon dharmaraja’s request, it was recalled by bhishma while on his bed of arrows and delivered in the presence of krishna and others. Because of the presence of krishna next to bhishma, this stotra assumes special significance since it... Continue Reading →
