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Indian Philosophy Archive
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Redefining Fundamentals
Posted on December 17, 2007 | 10 CommentsThanks to reader Kaanganeya for pointing me to this excellent interview where S.N. Balagangadhara (Baalu) shares his thoughts on certain fundamentals, which he says need heavy redefining. I’ll add my random bits here. The current theoretical framework is firmly embedded within Western cultural history and... -
Ananda Coomaraswamy on Indian Education
Posted on November 10, 2007 | 3 CommentsIntroduction Ananda Coomaraswamy was featured in this blog earlier. He remains one of the most staunch defenders of the Indian tradition in the mould of what David Frawley calls an Intellectual Kshatriya. Coomaraswamy wrote a series of articles about the state of (the British-imposed) Indian... -
Mortgaging National Interest at the Chinese Altar
Posted on November 3, 2007 | 7 CommentsPrakash Karat has finally admitted that China is the Fatherland. CPM general secretary Prakash Karat vowed to oppose a strategic alliance between India and the United States claiming that such a move was meant to “counter-balance†and “encircle†China. Tweet -
Brief Survey of Rama in Tamil Tradition
Posted on October 17, 2007 | 11 CommentsThis post is partly a response to several comments I received on my posts related to the Ram Sethu project. The greater part, however, is my education, an attempt to trace the Rama (and Ramayana) consciousness in Tamil Nadu. Tweet -
Two Flawed Views of Hinduism
Posted on October 10, 2007 | 11 CommentsA question that repeatedly seems to haunt the Indian mainstream media: how to "balance" Hinduism with Semitic religions? This question assumes importance in issues where the religious aspect assumes great significance. So Sethusamudram is the latest issue, which has been haunting the media for several... -
Stop Torturing Rama
Posted on September 26, 2007 | 127 CommentsIn an article that examines some of the recent happenings around the Sethusamudram project, Outlook fleshes out interesting findings worth exploring in detail. The focus of the article is on Karunanidhi’s angry articulations on Lord Rama. (Aside: I think it’s time the K in DMK... -
Secular Conscience-Keepers
Posted on September 11, 2007 | 1 CommentA judge makes a valid observation rooted in India’s timeless tradition. Hours later, as expected, the entire weight of the secular sections falls upon him. The secular sections are alarmed that this statement will hurt the sentiments of the minorities. Matters of policy and religious... -
Book Review: Autobiography of a Yogi
Posted on August 22, 2007 | 10 CommentsMy circle of friends is as large and varied as the interests, hobbies and passions of each person in that circle. There’s no one, absolutely no one there who hasn’t heard of or read the classic Autobiography of a Yogi. Tweet -
Reconstructing Nalanda
Posted on July 8, 2007 | 56 CommentsIntroduction Sudha Ramachandran, an independent researcher makes grave omissions in an article focussed on Buddhism’s revival vis a vis India and China. Every nation fighting for supremacy in the world seeks to capture influence in as many spheres as its heritage affords it. Education is... -
That Which Shall Not be Named is Now Explained
Posted on July 6, 2007 | 8 CommentsMost Indian regional languages use Tattva Shastra as an equivalent of Philosophy. The word Philosophy–meaning love(r) of knowledge or wisdom–is quite inadequate to define or explain the full import of Tattva Shastra. One of the fundamental aphorisms that embodies the whole of Sanatana Dharma in... -
Yoga
Posted on July 3, 2007 | 23 CommentsWhat is Yoga? No Googling and/or Wikipediaing please. Tweet -
Pratibha Patil Talks to Dead People
Posted on July 2, 2007 | 5 CommentsSays Tavleen Singh in this amazing column. Read it fully. Good she discovered Rajiv Malhotra but sad she discovered him this late. And eminently surprising that Indian Express allowed this on its pages. The future president of India speaks to dead people. This is almost...