Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra
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Paradox of Colonisation in India - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra The Politics of the Infinite vs. The Limited View: Sri Aurobindo's Vision and Indian Politics narendra October 23, 2025 T...
Sri Aurobindo has had all the spiritual experiences - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra THE SCOUT - The Limits of Intellect 1:00:55 ... Sri Aurobindo clarifies that thought is merely a scout and pioneer—it ca...
Excellence is the specific offense - Osteoblasts build bone. Osteoclasts dissolve it. A three-year-old can understand this – and most of our rulers cannot. Without both forces, in precise d...
Virtue gets you true love - Groundhog Day is one of the most beloved films ever made. And yes, Andie MacDowell is cute and charming. But that is not why it hits a chord thirty year...
Give them food and spectacle - The Colosseum: An Institution of Roman Control It held fifty thousand people. Admission was free. The shows were funded by the state. The emperors who b...
Aladdin is Disney's most subversive film - On this beautiful summer day – the first of the Disney series. Because Disney, at its best, was doing exactly what this series does: civilizational argu...
Leonardo da Vinci, Darwin, and Mozart - Charles Darwin spent twenty years not publishing. He had the idea in 1838. He published in 1859. In between: twenty years of accumulating evidence, chec...
A man of honor cannot be managed - Here is a list in case you missed any: 26 pieces – Animal Farm, LOTR, 1984, Brave New World, Plato, Rousseau, Voltaire, The Odyssey, Network, Demolition...
Human need for a messiah - Gone with the Wind is the greatest American novel about loss – and the most honest portrait ever written of what it means to watch a civilization burn a...
Founding wound of America - Benjamin Franklin invented himself before he invented anything else. Born the 15th of seventeen children of a Boston candle-maker, no inheritance, no co...
Some human beings can reach heights - The Iliad is not about the Trojan War. It opens in its tenth year — the war almost over, the men exhausted, the end in sight — and closes before the war...
There is no such thing as Happiness - Aristotle’s insight about the middle class is not sentimental. It is structural. The middle class is the only group whose prosperity is directly tied to...
Montesquieu, Bastiat, Tocqueville, and Raymond Aron - I am being asked about the common theme of this series. It is simple. Everything here is about Life versus communism. Or Western Civilization versus co...
Victory of Truth and Love and Peace and Harmony and Light upon earth - Sweet and infinite Mother, Mother Divine, Maa, Mother Sri Aurobindo, Thou art the one Hope, the only hope left for the redemption of our earth and the r...
Lilting leaves - I listen to different versions of *La Dalu Bopath* at times. A very tranquility inducing song but philosophical and melancholic. Learnt about the Leaves...
Viju Shah and Richa Sharma - Celebrate the unforgettable music of Viju Shah, one of Bollywood’s most talented music composers, with this collection of his Top 10 Superhit Songs. Fro...
Varied experiences and myriad lessons - Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra I used to use a text-only format which seems to be no longer possible. Being bombarded by a continuous stream of visual...
The Concept of Human Nature in Chanakya's Arthashastra and Machiavelli's The Prince
AK Vaddiraju - Quest for Planetary Well-Being: Essays in Honour of …, 2026
This chapter attempts at a comparative understanding of human nature in Chanakya’s
Arthashastra and Machiavelli’s The Prince from Comparative Political Theory point
of view. Both these political thinkers belong to varied continents of time and place …
Arthashastra and Machiavelli’s The Prince from Comparative Political Theory point
of view. Both these political thinkers belong to varied continents of time and place …
Planetary Well-Being and the Building of the Dharma of Peace
D Allen - Quest for Planetary Well-Being: Essays in Honour of …, 2026
… In terms of the anti-Gandhi critics, we shall only briefly consider a Hindu and more
specifically Hindutva perspective that now expresses … We’ll consider the complex,
multidimensional example of Indian Hindutva that was developed by Vinayak …
specifically Hindutva perspective that now expresses … We’ll consider the complex,
multidimensional example of Indian Hindutva that was developed by Vinayak …
Book review: C. Clemens, S. Ake and S. Sudha, The Future of Religious Studies in India
A Kaul
… The volume offers a careful and empirically grounded analysis of the ideological
and institutional ramifications of the rise of Hindutva, particularly in the period after
2015. It shows how shifting political climates have reconfigured the academic …
and institutional ramifications of the rise of Hindutva, particularly in the period after
2015. It shows how shifting political climates have reconfigured the academic …
[PDF] Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery, Confronting Saffron Demography: Religion, Fertility, and Women's Status in India
O Khalidi, MI Economy
… the countryin its aftermath generatedenough frenzied bigotry to propel the
ideology of Hindutva to the centre-stage of politics and the public … Up until that
point, the various iterations of Hindutva doctrines connected to a widerange …
ideology of Hindutva to the centre-stage of politics and the public … Up until that
point, the various iterations of Hindutva doctrines connected to a widerange …
[PDF] Genesis of Proto-Indo Languages in the Light of Neo-Nationalism in India: Problem, Challenges and Possibilities
SP Patil - ಅಕ್ಷರಸೂರ್ಯ (AKSHARASURYA), 2026
… contemporary Hindu nationalism (often called Hindutva or neo-Hindutva in
modern contexts), which … Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who
articulated the slogan “Hindi, Hindu, and Hindustan” to advocate for: Hindu as the …
modern contexts), which … Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who
articulated the slogan “Hindi, Hindu, and Hindustan” to advocate for: Hindu as the …
“Sickular” and “bhakt” as polarized categories: The making of a Hindutva digital sphere on Indian Twitter (X)
R Sambaraju - The Routledge Handbook of Language and Social …, 2026
In this chapter, I focus on language use in social media that combines the use of
English and regional languages (Hindi-Urdu and Telugu) in instances of developing
novel political categories, such as “sickular” and “bhakt”, in the Indian context. This …
English and regional languages (Hindi-Urdu and Telugu) in instances of developing
novel political categories, such as “sickular” and “bhakt”, in the Indian context. This …
Hindutva in Punjab: Appropriation and Resistance
C Moliner - Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies
This chapter aims to study how Hindu nationalism has historically and presently tried
to take root in East Punjab, a Sikh-majority state, and how these attempts have been
met by Punjabis, most notably by Sikhs. After tracing the historical roots of Hindutva …
to take root in East Punjab, a Sikh-majority state, and how these attempts have been
met by Punjabis, most notably by Sikhs. After tracing the historical roots of Hindutva …
From a Border Region to the Power Engine: Punjab as the Centrefold of the Pakistani State
I Malik - Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies, 2026
… Hindutva proponents in recent years, Indian nationalist narratives cite this book to
make Muslims and Arabs look the same, so as to drum up their foreignness (non-Indianness),
often identified as Turks. Simultaneously, for varied reasons but like their Hindutva …
make Muslims and Arabs look the same, so as to drum up their foreignness (non-Indianness),
often identified as Turks. Simultaneously, for varied reasons but like their Hindutva …
How institutional culture shapes gender-based violence: voices of women students from a large public university in India
R Saini - Higher Education, 2026
Despite the widespread recognition of the role played by an institution’s culture in
scaffolding gender-based violence (GBV), limited empirical evidence exists on how
universities in India shape students’ experiences with violence. This article reports …
scaffolding gender-based violence (GBV), limited empirical evidence exists on how
universities in India shape students’ experiences with violence. This article reports …
A Decent Environment for All
E Scandrett - Life and Labour, 2026
This chapter explores the contribution of the environmental movement (s) to locating
human life in relationship between the social and the natural/material. In particular,
environmentalism has problematized the impact of industrialization on social …
human life in relationship between the social and the natural/material. In particular,
environmentalism has problematized the impact of industrialization on social …
