Rejuvenate Economy Through Temples – A Case Study of Telangana
India is the land of temples to worship the divine trust (God and Goddesses) and functioning as sacred institutions to perform a range of services and activities such as spiritual…
Analysing the Income, Expenditure & Livelihood Pattern of Saraswathi Temple in Basara
India is the land of temples. They serve as an institution to perform wide range of services and activities like spiritual fulfilment of the people, dharmic discourses, arts, music, dance,…
The Resistance & The Changing Political Dynamics in Deccan
– by Dr. Rahul A. Shastri Without a preliminary knowledge of the Shia-Sunni conflict we cannot understand the history of Deccan. THE SHIA-SUNNI CONFLICT After the prophet died,…
Hyderabad Liberation Struggle: Clearing the cobwebs of false narrative
— K Raka Sudhakar Rao Almost 75 years after it happened, Hyderabad’s liberation – the story of how the common man triumphed over tyrant Nizam and his Razakar henchmen in…
Operation Polo ( 1948 ) The Story of Liberation of Hyderabad State
( 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…
Tagore and the concept of walled & forest civilizations
Contents Walls and civilisation 2 Western walls vs. easter forests 2 Walled civilisation, mother nature and human problems 2 Consumerism and runaway greed 3 The corruption of arts and literature…
Diwali Pollution
Download the paper on Diwali pollution Preface Several key questions with respect to Crackers, Diwali and Pollution seemed perplexing and rather surprisingly, unanswered. For instance, questions like: Do Crackers cause…
NEP 2020: Good, but can be Better
Below is feedback on draft NEP which was finalized and released in 2020. The NEP is a welcome change. It is much awaited and long overdue. It is one of…
Bhagyanagar, The People’s Hyderabad That Refuses To Die
-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.
Indian Mindscape
The Indian mind is imbued with clear—cut ideas on practically all subjects. These ideas are age old. They date back from the Veda.