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Relationships of Dominance as Seen in a Great Novel on the Freedom Movement of India—Revisiting A Hindi Classic
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Bhagvati Charan Varma’s "Terhe Merhe Raaste", set during India’s freedom movement, examines how relationships of dominance shape political choices, family life and revolutionary commitments. Bharat Dogra revisits this lesser-known Hindi classic to explore its portrayal of a feudal loyalist to colonial rule whose three sons choose different paths in the struggle for liberation. The novel also examines tensions among Congress, revolutionary and communist activists, including the limits imposed by secrecy and ideological certainty. Its enduring relevance lies in its exploration of domination, self-correction and democratic dialogue, while also pointing to the need for greater attention to women’s experiences of oppression.
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The only novel I have written . It has been called a psychological thriller, but it also explores an idea. Why does a guru, on a spiritual path, loose track and start exploiting others? The book is set in Uttarakhand, Delhi and the USA.
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When you coin a phrase like 'dimagi Naxal', the idea is not to malign Naxalism. It is the exact opposite. It is to malign those who use their mind, those who have an independent opinion, those who question, those who insist on reason and logic, those who value education, and so on. It is also an admission that the government finds 'dimag' alien, threatening, discomforting and, all in all, quite unnecessary to govern a country of 1.4 billion people. Explains much, including why we are where we are today.
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America has long been cast as a philosophical latecomer, playing catch-up with Europe. Philosopher Steve Fuller argues this fundamentally misreads what the American Pragmatists were doing. James, Dewey, and Rorty were not joining the Western tradition, but hijacking it, recasting truth, meaning, and reason in ways that placed America at the very centre of history. Tap to read the full article. iai.tv/articles/how-a…
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Sri Aurobindo’s The Secret of the Veda offers profound insights into Vedic wisdom. Richard Hartz and @MakrandParanspe explore Western engagement with the Veda and why Vedic wisdom still matters today. youtu.be/9THHE0gq3I4?si… @AmazingVedas @PariksithSingh
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Vedic Dhyana: Sapta Dhara
I am not sure if PM Modi is aware that the Sapta Dhara or seven point initiative he announced from the Red Fort is a Vedic concept.
It appears in Rig Veda 3.1.4
अव॑र्धयन्त्सु॒भगं॑ स॒प्त य॒ह्वीः श्वे॒तं ज॑ज्ञा॒नम॑रु॒षं म॑हि॒त्वा ।
(“The seven Mighty Ones (Rivers) increased him who utterly enjoys felicity, white in his birth, ruddy when he has grown.” Translated by Sri Aurobindo)
These seven rivers are “the sevenfold waters of the Truth, the divine waters brought down from the heights of our being by Indra,” as Sri Aurobindo explains in The Secret of the Veda.
For water in Vedic symbolism is consciousness and being. It is certainly a highly inspired theme to give a direction to the nation for the next twenty years for if these rivers descend upon our minds and hearts we will truly become viksit by 2047. Rather, we will become viksit only if we are inspired by the highest Truth
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On India’s Independence Day, author, poet & philosopher @PariksithSingh reflects on why Sri Aurobindo’s Vedic vision holds the key to India’s future -& offers an alternative to the mechanisation of humanity in the age of AI. firstpost.com/opinion/india-… @MakrandParanspe @AmazingVedas
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Vedic Nirukta व् v-
Let us now meditate on the Varna Va-
Va is a labial ओष्ठव्य
It is a semivowel and closely related to the svara उ u-
Notice that the va- sound is coming out of your lips and being spread to the world
It is the sound of manifestation and its expansion as Sri Aurobindo has elegantly described
That is why we have words like Vayu which means that which is spread out in its flow
We have discussed the power of the sibilant sh- श् in a previous post which gives us intensity, force, speed, holding, compression
Now feel the intensity of sh- spreading out or held externally in the universe of manifestation and you have words like visha, vishaya, Vishva, etc
Vishva then is not just the external world but also the field of your consciousness. It can be narrow or it can be wide and as it grows wider the difference between the personal and the universal begins to disappear for the Rishi. The word Vishva then is a shlesha, a pun or paronomasia, just like so many Vedic terms that play in several universes at the same time and keep us on tenterhooks
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All this is beautifully described by Sri Aurobindo sir. Also, Matrika vidya sees each varna as a Shakti in itself. All this knowledge is inherent in the Vedic Upanishadic mantras and the Rishis were hyperaware of the value and guna of each note. Why don’t we let our children experience this? Why don’t we experience this directly? We should
If we can rediscover the power of Beeja Dhvanis and Beeja mantras we could bring back in action the knowledge and power of the Indic civilization. Through mantra, japa, yoga and tantra knowledge that is part of our dna
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[PDF] Introduction: Charting the Evolution of English and Anglophone Writing in Asia
in the Asian ‘Outer Circle’countries, or English in its ‘second diaspora’, focusing
primarily on literature from its beginnings to the present. Due to space limitations, the …
[PDF] Orientalising Indian Philosophy: Hegel and Sri Aurobindo
framework to Sri Aurobindo’s theory of spiritual evolution, which centres on the
progressive manifestation of consciousness. It seems that Sri Aurobindo’s …
SRI AUROBINDO AND DAVID BOHM A Dialogue on Reality and Human Transformation
Consciousness and its … research work will attempt to compare Sri Aurobindo's and
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Reimagining Gender Roles: The Politics of Femininity in the Global South
politicized femininity to promote patriarchal nationalism, manifesting it as an
instrument of ideological repression and enforcing gendered standards to …
Contesting hate: Digital counter-narratives against Islamophobia
data, interviews with digital activists and mainstream media analysis, generated by
the project ‘# ContestingIslamophobia: Representation and Appropriation in …
Purity as politics: crafting discipline in the puritan public sphere of Assam and its institutional sedimentation
framework to explain the purifying nature of Assamese subnationalism in practice. It
argues that linguo-cultural purity serves as a prerequisite for civic legitimacy in the …
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Hitler to have been an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu.[5] She depicted Hitler as a
sacrifice for humanity that would lead to the end of the worst World Age, the Kali …
[PDF] SAC Newsletter 2026
been an intellectually vibrant one for the South Asia Center. I want to begin by
thanking our extraordinary community. Our graduate students generously …
[PDF] Integral Urbanism in Desert Cities: Recapturing Links in Metro Phoenix
urbanism.”Integral urbanism seeks to readdress dispersal and fragmentation by
recovering earlier city-building wisdom while also accommodating contemporary …
From pilot to paradigm: a call for entrepreneurial strategies to scale up the implementation of nature-based solutions
the Stiemer Plan development and the implementation projects. Hölscher et al. (2024)
provide an overview of various co-production processes linked to the Stiemer Valley …
Cosmopsychism and God
more detail. I will outline rival forms of cosmopsychist theism, such as cosmopsychist
pantheism (in which the cosmic mind is God) and cosmopsychist panentheism (in …
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