Samvit Kendra and Pragna Bharathi jointly organized the launch event of the book published by Samvit Kendra “Denying National Roots- Early Communism and India” by Author and researcher Sri Rahul Shastri. The event was held…
This study examines the early evolution of the attitude of communism towards nationalism in general and towards Indian nationalism in particular. It also looks at how the ideas of communism were received early but were…
-Dr. Rahul A. Shastri, President, Samvit Kendra Hyderabad was founded with the construction of the Charminar in 1591-2 CE by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, then in his mid-twenties.
Sabrimala is nothing but a typical example of plurality of ritualistic traditions and beliefs in diverse Hindu ways of worship which must be respected, it has nothing to do with gender based discrimination or artificially…
The typical narrative of political history or Hindu-Muslim encounters would say India saw “thousand years of slavery”, that Hindu kings lost to invaders because of “lack of unity and infighting” and so on. Hindu valour…
The kind of sAmarthya required for a good leader does not even figure in the list of priorities of the Hindu society. The colonization of India had one major destructive impact among several others: a…
If things have to change in favor of Hindus,state ideals should be pro-Hindu to incentivize pro-Hindu policies and decisions either by executive or other institutions. It is commonly “understood” that Hindus are systematically disadvantaged in…
Kargil War captured the collective consciousness of our Nation. Initially what appeared to be mischief across a few posts along the Line of Control (LoC) by the Pakistan Army unfolded to be a well orchestrated…
Governments and big media houses enjoyed an oligopoly over the means of mass communication until not very long. With the advent and rise of social media, this advantage has all but evaporated and democratized…
As I write this piece from a hotel room in Sharjah, I have in front of me local newspapers replete with colourful and wide coverage on Indian Republic Day celebration in UAE but simultaneously Indian…