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How a Silk-Weavers Guild from Mandsaur Reclaimed a Damaged Sun Temple
This is the story of a silk-weavers guild from Mandsaur who restored a magnificent Surya Mandir in 473 CE
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The Sleazy History of Congress - Communist Padma Awards
The toxic history of Padma Awards since its inception in 1954
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How Traditional Hindu Village Jurisprudence Looked Like
Hindu Village Administration and jurisprudence presents a brilliant portrait of a near-perfect decentralised administration and judiciary
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Ancient Hindu Ministers as Exemplars of Administrative Excellence
The Hindu civilisational continuity is also seen in the organisation of its administration, which was helmed by some extraordinary ministers: from…
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From Kautilya to Chhatrapati Shivaji: The Extraordinary Continuity of Hindu Institutions
We observe an unbroken continuity in the set up and functioning of Hindu institutions from the period of Kautilya up to Chhatrapati Shivaji
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Hindu Civilisational ReDiscovery through Institutions
The first episode of a detailed essay delving into the history of Hindu Political, Administrative and Legal Institutions
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June 2025

Here's what George Orwell said about Mohandas Gandhi
Excerpts from the iconic George Orwell's incisive critique of Mohandas Gandhi, his methods and his legacy reveal several unflattering truths about the…
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Exploring the World of DVG’s Renunciate Poetry
This episode delves into a detailed analysis of DVG's Renunciate Poetry with special emphasis on Daarigara Haadu
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D.V. Gundappa as an Innate Saṃnyāsi
By his innate temperament, D.V. Gundappa (DVG) was a renunciate or Saṃnyāsi as he discloses in his essay, Hakkiya Payana
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Renunciate Poetry in the Indian Literary Tradition
Exploring the splendid tradition of Virakta Kavya or Renunciate Poetry in the Indian tradition since the Vedic times to the 20th Century
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D.V. Gundappa's Contribution to Virakta Kavya or Renunciate Poetry
First episode of a series surveying the contributions of D.V. Gundappa to the poetic genre that can be called Virakta Kāvya or Renunciate Poetry
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The Insufferable Irrelevance of Kamal Haasan
Commentary on the ugly descent of Kamal Haasan into irrelevance and his refusal to recognise it
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