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The Curator and the Clerk - Why Indian Public Policy Needs to Rethink Culture

The piece reflects on the gap between how culture is lived and how it is administered, drawing on insights from anthropology, public policy, and personal fieldwork. It builds on thinkers like Akhil Gupta, James Ferguson, Ashis Nandy, Sudipta Kaviraj, and Partha Chatterjee to argue for a more dynamic, responsive, and culturally intelligent approach to policy making.

Dr. Anurag Shukla 7 min read

Culture And Policy

Book Review | The Great Debate

A reflective reading of The Great Debate from a civilisational context and understanding how the political right-left binary pales in comparison to the panoramic metaphysics of dharma.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 13 min read

Cinema And Books

Scenes from a Village That Never Was

From the binaries of post-Independence cinema to the nihilism of contemporary crime dramas, and from the everyday realism of Phulera to its recent slippage into self-conscious performance, the article considers how and why the village continues to be reimagined in TV shows/movies.

Dr. Anurag Shukla 11 min read

Culture And Policy

Rakṣābandhana - Sacred Thread of Love and Protection

The 'rākhī' is no ordinary thread; it is a powerful and sacred amulet infused lovingly with prayers for steadfast protection - to both the one wearing it as well as the one tying it.

Tanya Fransz 20 min read

Dharma Today

As Seen on TV | Film Review: Mahavatar Narasimha (2025)

A review of the film Mahavatar Narasimha, a heartfelt attempt to bring Hindu mythology to life through animation.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 7 min read

Cinema And Books

The NCERT Textbook Renewal - Distortion or Decolonization of Bharatiya History

Sir Jadunath Sarkar & R.C. Majumdar didn't spend lifetimes crafting rigorous Indian historiography just to see it buried under colonial guilt. NCERT's 'Exploring Society - India and Beyond' isn't 'saffronization'—it's honest history that finally serves Bharatiyata over colonial narratives. Real scholarship was never the problem. Shame was.

Sushant Gangoli 18 min read

Culture And Policy

COMPARATIVE POETRY - A STUDY OF THE PROSODIC SYSTEMS OF FIVE LANGUAGES

In this article, Sh. Rama Seshan C studies the poetic traditions of five languages - English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil and Biblical Hebrew as representatives of diverse poetic traditions across world languages.

Śrī Rama Seshan 30 min read

Indian Knowledge Systems

The Dhārmika State - From Philosophy to Governance Practice of Integral Humanism in Modern Indian Policy

This essay revisits Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya’s vision of integral humanism, and explores the contours of a Dhārmika State grounded in civilizational values.

Cherish Rajpurohit, Sushant Gangoli 25 min read

Culture And Policy

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The Foundation of Indic Leadership: Mastering the Ten Indriyas through Indriya-Nigraha

An Analysis of Kāmandaka's Nītisāra’s Framework for Leadership Excellence

Dr. Srinivas Jammalamadaka

Nītisāra

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The Curator and the Clerk - Why Indian Public Policy Needs to Rethink Culture

Book Review | The Great Debate

Scenes from a Village That Never Was

Rakṣābandhana - Sacred Thread of Love and Protection

As Seen on TV | Film Review: Mahavatar Narasimha (2025)

The NCERT Textbook Renewal - Distortion or Decolonization of Bharatiya History

COMPARATIVE POETRY - A STUDY OF THE PROSODIC SYSTEMS OF FIVE LANGUAGES

The Dhārmika State - From Philosophy to Governance Practice of Integral Humanism in Modern Indian Policy

The Foundation of Indic Leadership: Mastering the Ten Indriyas through Indriya-Nigraha