Staring Down Droughts
0In just seven years, with a modest one-time investment, BAIF, Dharwad (Karnataka) has lifted 10,000 people to good lives. It […]
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The Dawn of Freedom
0(The following speech was made by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on the eve of taking a pledge on the night of 14-15 […]
A Task Unaccomplished
0(A hundred years ago, India was like a raft in a rocky sea in the middle of a storm — […]
The Greatest Show on Earth
1Recently an article appeared in the New York Times commenting on the “greatest show on earth” – the Indian elections. […]
Freedom is My Birthright
0Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sentenced to six years imprisonment for seditious writing in 1908 and was sent to Mandalay jail […]
Education for Perfection
0Our religions have proclaimed from the very beginning that each human individual is to be regarded as a spark of […]
Towards Freedom
0(Lala Lajpat Rai had left India in 1913 and gave the following reason for his departure: ‘I began to suspect […]
Living the Praise
2How often do we find that praise turns upon itself, wiping itself off the slate in the bargain? Swami Vivekananda […]
The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation – V
0Literary Sources: The Vedas Our discussion so far is based mainly on archaeological and scientific discoveries. But a more extensive […]
India’s Pride
2In different forms of the media, in a single week, this is what was expressed in various contexts: “India’s Picasso” […]
The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation – IV
0Recent Discoveries and Evidence We have discussed some of the arguments against the Aryan invasion model. Let us now look […]
The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation – III
0The Aryan Invasion: Was there any? (continued from the previous issue) However, before proceeding further with our discussion on the […]
The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation – II
0The Aryan Invasion: Was there any? This brings us to the important question: Who are the builders of the Indus-valley […]
The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation – I
0The origin of ancient civilizations like India is shrouded in a cloud of mist. What we have at present on […]
History of India – Towards a New Approach
0Of late, the study of history has become either a dry academic exercise or else mired in political controversies. What […]
Being Indian
0This is what happened to me when I was born 46 years ago. I was born to Tamil speaking parents, […]
The New Approach to Education in India
1“In any country, the best education to give to children consists in teaching them what is the true nature of […]
Sanskrit and India’s Self-Development
0India can best develop herself and serve humanity by being Herself and following the law of her own nature. […]
Where are We Going?
0Where are we going? It is given to certain seers, Rishis, who can look beyond the barriers of physical space […]
Bande Mataram – A Song Divine
0As for the recent controversy surrounding the national song of India, those who object may be right in voicing their […]
Evaluating Sanskrit
0There are two forms of knowledge of which those who know Brahman have spoken: the higher and the lower – […]
To Speak or Not to Speak?
0“If you have to adopt a language, why not adopt the world’s greatest language?” (1) A striking suggestion in favour […]
Sculpting the Past with the Present
0“A small bronze statuette of a dancing girl in the buried city of Mohenjo Daro in Sind shows that the […]
Old is New
0You may have seen them on stage or the telly. Five or six unmistakably Indian men in colourful oversized turbans. […]
My Indian Heritage
0Since Independence there has been a great deal of exhortation, effort and expenditure directed towards Indianising something or the other: […]
Sanskrit
0Sanskrit is a language of antiquity. The roots of many languages of the world are found in Sanskrit. It is […]
Sanskrit: A Creative Force
0When we speak about the greatness of Sanskrit we often underline the importance of ancient culture, religion, literature, poetry, science, […]
A Land of Children Dancing in the Rain
0One often hears of the high prevalence of child labour in our country. Of the many reports I have read, […]
Sanskrit – A Self-existent Truth and Power
0Life is infinite and rich in its possibilities. All language is an attempt to formulate and communicate the variety and […]
Rise of India
0Mother India, when Thou rosest from the depths of oceans hoary, Love and joy burst forth unbounded, life acclaimed Thee […]
