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Bramahcharini: Gargi Vachaknavi, A Formidable ‘Brahmavadini, From Ancient India

On Day 2 of the Sharadiya Navaratri, we invoke Maa Brahmacharini, the one who constantly dwells in Brahman. The conception of Maa Brahmacharini echoed in Gargi Vachaknavi, a formidable ‘Brahmavadini’ from Upanishadic era. By Sreejit Datta, Assistant Professor, Director of Civilisational Studies Practice & Resident Mentor at Rashtram. On Dwitiya,...
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Shailputri: Daughter of Mountain, Anshu Jamsenpa

On Day 1 of the Sharadiya Navaratri, we invoke and worship Maa Shailaputri, “Daughter of the Mountain”. We find the earthly manifestations of such divine grace. One such example Smt Anshu Jamsenpa, an Indian mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest within a record time of just five days.
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Sita Ram Goel and the ‘Ghar-Wapsi’ of the Indian Postcolonial Intellectual

Sita Ram Goel was an oasis of original thought in the midst of a veritable desert of agenda-driven discourses produced by Marxist historians. As a first-rate thinker and writer, he produced a vast range of works in history, and philosophy, which brought the focus of Indian intellectual activity back to...
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International Music Day: Music, Yoga and Consciousness

The International Music Day was incepted by the virtuoso violinist Yehudi Menuhin who, for the most part of his life, harboured a deep adoration for the ethos and holistic spiritualism of India. Menuhin discovered Yoga and under the watchful eyes of his guru (BKS, Iyengar, Founder of Iyengar Yoga), he...
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The Significance of Mahālayā and Viśvakarmā Pūjā

Mahālayā and Viśvakarmā Pūjā hold a special significance in our sacred traditions of honouring ancestors.
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