Crisis in Civilisation – Rabindranath Tagore
Today I complete eighty years of my life. As I look back on the vast stretch of years that lie behind me and see in clear perspective the history of…
Cultural Marxism-Socio Political Theory
Cultural Marxism is a term often used to describe a socio-political theory that emerged from traditional Marxist ideology. It focuses on cultural, rather than solely economic, aspects of society and…
Marx and Deendayal – The Two Approaches
Karl Marx – Relied on findings of Newton and Darwin for constructing his cosmology, though he rejected the latter’s law of natural selection. Besides the theories of Plato, he was influenced…
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…