Sri D V Gundappa, the celebrated writer of Kannada literature of the 20th century, had published a series of books titled ‘Jnapaka Chitrashale‘ (Theatre of Memories) in which he wrote short biographies of achievers in various fields such as arts, music, social service, literature and so on. The personalities he covered in this series of books […]Read More
The one fundamental principle that sustains order in this world is the sense of right vs wrong. Hindus of course are very familiar with this and use the term Dharma to refer to this principle. There is a prevalent opinion in intellectual circles that the word Dharma has manifold meanings and represents a collection of […]Read More
Source: The Soul of India, Choudhury and Choudhury, 1911 (These) two fundamental characteristics of our culture, detachment and idealism, have been combined – into an organic whole, in our conception of Dharma, loosely rendered by the English word religion. Strictly speaking, the concept is untranslatable. There is, no doubt, some slight affinity between the radical meaning […]Read More
The following attempt is to capture whatever has been beautifully explained by Sri Bannanje Govindacharya in one of his Kannada pravachanas. It is well accepted that the famous Brahma Gayatri mantra has 24 aksharas in them. But upon splitting the words in the mantra into their aksharas, we find the following: 1 तत् 2 स 3 वि […]Read More
Source: Speeches and Writings of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, G. A. Natesan & Co, Madras, 1919 The following essay was part of the prospectus prepared (by Pandit ji) for the Benaras Hindu University Scheme in 1911. ========================================================================== Enough has been said above to show the need for a University such as it is proposed to […]Read More
Speech made by C Rajagopalachari on the occasion of the opening of the new building of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Bombay on August 8, 1949. Source: Speeches of C. Rajagopalachari, Governor-General of India, Printed by the Superintendent, Governor-General’s Press, 1950. Mr. Munshi is mainly responsible for my presence here among you today, I thank him […]Read More
Speech given by Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri at Tirumala Hills on November 10, 1964 Source: Selected Speeches of Lal Bahadur Shastri, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 1974 – Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 ====================== The evening’s function is for this place undoubtedly an important one. Lord Venkateshwara lives here and whenever one comes […]Read More
Source: Chapter XVIII, Memoirs Of My Working Life, M Vishweshvarayya, 1951 ======================== The way to build a better nation is to build better individuals. A successful nation is usually composed of citizens, the majority of whom are efficient, of good character and possess a reasonably high sense of duty. An individual who aspires to be trusted […]Read More
In this post, we look at how the policy of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its predecessor organization – the Bharatiya Jana Sangh – has evolved over the years with respect to the administration and management of educational institutions. These stances of the party have been sourced from the publicly available policy documents and manifestos. […]Read More
Extract from a Letter to Parthasarathi Aiyangar, 13 July 1911 Source: Autobiographical Notes and Other Writings of Historical Interest, The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo ================ Be very careful to follow my instructions in avoiding the old kind of politics. Spirituality is India’s only politics, the fulfilment of the Sanatan Dharma its only Swaraj. I have no […]Read More
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