Category: Publications

( On the eve of the forthcoming Telangana Liberation Day, the essay is posted as reminding of the events that have passed-Editor) September 17th in the annals of Telangana History…

Aum Shantih :It is sad to hear of the passing on of Mahopadhyāya B.B. Lalji to a higher state. Our poignance issharpened by the fact that he did not live…

The book Sivasya Kulam talks about the colonial narratives and distortions along with the actual dimensions of caste, untouchability and Dravidianism, exposing the Christian onslaught on Hindu society.

The news of the sad demise of Sri T.V. Narayana, former Member, APPSC and former President Seva Bharati, Hyderabad Kendra, comes as a shock to us at the Samvit Kendra.…

Freedom cannot be bestowed, it must be achieved. The freedom struggle of India and the freedom struggle of Hyderabad must be treated as two independent fights. While the former is…

Dr. Rahul A. Shastri, President, Samvit Kendra Chaturbhuj Srikishen (c. 1884? -1962 CE) was the son of Rai C. Balmukund, a respected judge of the Hyderabad High Court who retired…

The Khilafat movement was concerned with the restoration of the caliphate in Turkey. No Muslim country or Muslim in the world participated in this movement. Gandhi Ji persuaded the Congress…

Edited by: Dr Rahul Shastri;  Includes excerpts from chapters from Sri Tathagata Roy’s book. About the book:  Often issues of national importance are brushed under the carpet, with murmurs of “political rivalry”, “this is just politics!”. This…

The last testament of Nizam Asaf Jah I Mir Qamruddin Khan is an interesting document. In course of seventeen instructions, it mentions five persons by name and singles out two…

– Dr. Rahul A. Shastri, President, Samvit Kendra The idea that those who hold other countries to be their fatherland, or consider them to be holy, have dual loyalties and…