Bhimasena and Ashwathama meet several times during the 18 day war in the Mahabharata. Bhima ends up with an upper hand every time in those duels. However, the most important fight between the two of them takes place on the 16th day of the war. This was immediately after the coronation of Karna as the... Continue Reading →
Survival of Vedic Parampara: DVG’s Guidance
Sri D V Gundappa, the celebrated writer of Kannada literature of the 20th century, had published a series of books titled 'Jnapaka Chitrashale' (Theatre of Memories) in which he wrote short biographies of achievers in various fields such as arts, music, social service, literature and so on. The personalities he covered in this series of... Continue Reading →
DVG: Three Must-Haves for Achievement
Sri D V Gundappa has written, in Kannada, an amazing short book titled “Baligondu Nambike” (A belief for life). The purpose of this book is to elucidate the importance of having a goal in our life and pursuing it with all vigour, to grow personally. The book contains a number of short chapters covering different... Continue Reading →
The Need For Preventing the Cultural Erosion of Bharata
Nani Palkhivala, in his book “We, The Nation — The Lost Decades” quotes Will Durant on the need for preserving and nourishing the culture of a nation. “Just as continuity of memory is necessary for the sanity of an individual, continuity of the nation’ s traditions and culture is necessary for the sanity of the nation” I... Continue Reading →
Naishtika Brahmachari And The Need For Extreme Sense Control
The Supreme Court is currently hearing a PIL regarding women between 10 to 50 years of age being prevented from entering the Sabarimala Swamy Ayyappa temple. Continuous hearings are underway (as of July 2018) and various Hindu religious requirements are being debated in the context of constitutional provisions. One of the main points of arguments... Continue Reading →
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya’s Idea Of ‘Hindu Rashtra’
Congress Member of Parliament Dr Shashi Tharoor has, of late, been attacking the BJP — accusing them of planning to convert Bharat to a ‘Hindu Pakistan’ — if (or rather, when) they get back to power in 2019. As a follow-up to the TV soundbites, he has also written a column recently detailing the basis for his accusations. One... Continue Reading →
Dharma vs Sampradaya
I use the word Dharma in the generic sense in this post — as a representation for Hindu religion in general — for Sanatana dharma. And the word Sampradaya — used in the title — could very well be substituted by ‘jAti’ — caste. In this critical juncture of Hindu civilisation — it is important to ensure that the differences in the various sampradayas of Sanatana dharma — the... Continue Reading →
Three Reasons Why “Temples and Government Control” Is A Bad Idea
For #TeamCore, freeing of Hindu temples from Government control is an important goal. It is defined under the #Core4 category. As is now well known, lakhs of Hindu temples have been taken over by various state Governments over the past 70 years. For Hindu civilisation to get back on the path of resurgence, it is... 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 →
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 →
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