WHEN MARX CRITICISED ‘RAW’ COMMUNISM
-Dr. Rahul Shastri Although widely known as the founder of Modern Communism, Marx wrote very little on the ideal of communism [Sayers 2014: 9, Auerbach & Skott 1993: 195] Only…
Bhāgyanagar – the living root of Hyderabad
Dr. Rahul A. Shastri, President, Samvit Kendra Hyderabad was founded with the construction of Chārminār in 1591-2 CE by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shāh, then in his mid twenties, and through…
RAVANA – A Serial Rapist and Tormentor of the Helpless
By Dr Rahul A. Shastri Who was Ravana? Ravana’s birth-name was Dashanana. His father was Vishravas s/o brahmin sage Pulastya, who is believed to hail from village Bisrakh in Haryana.…
Riddles in Communism
Dr Ambedkar analysed Communism through the vantage point of Buddhism. He contemplated on the crucial triad of ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’, and unlike Communism, didn’t wish to compromise on any of…
Sri MādariBhāgya Reddy Varma – A Biography
Sri Bhāgya Reddy Varma pioneered social reform and uplift of so-called panchamas, education of women, education in Telugu and religious reform in Hyderabad and the country between 1906 and 1935. Born…
Narada Muni
There are many devatas and rishis who are wrongly depicted in movies and modern books. The roles of nArada, Yama, Indra, Chitragupta are usually portrayed by comedians. Laughing at any…
A Young Law Students Pleads Why SC Should Review Its Decision in Sabarimala Case
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…
Reviewing Stereotypes of India’s Medieval Political History – 1
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”…
Hindu View of Leadership
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…
Understanding Contemporary Hindu Failures
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…