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1. When Rohingyas Mass Murdered Hindus Yes you heard it right. They are not the most persecuted minority of the world. They are capable of fighting guerilla wars against military...
This is The Fall of Babylon, from 1819. It's by John Martin, a painter whose vision of apocalypse and catastrophe was uniquely terrifying... https://t.co/Hi49jCXHD0
That tendency to honor the rituals of public school over rituals of one's ancestors In the OTT series "Panchayat", the village Pradhan (a lady) is mocked for not knowing "जन गण मन...
1. Five Books on India's Independence One of the most detailed works ever written on India's independence are the three volumes by R C Mazumdar in his 11 Volume Series - History a...
22 things Muslim men must do with their wives (thread) Retweet to benefit others! https://t.co/RYvDPRYKZo
Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain ibne Ali (a) : a thread 🧵 https://t.co/3VMspMsp6u
1. 'Hindu' is a word which is often objected to: both by the left-liberals and even by many Hindu nationalists. The disbelief in the word arises from the same historical truth: tha...
1. Centrality of Rituals in Hindu Life How does dharma manifest to us? Being subtle how does it become graspable to its followers? Dharma for practical purposes, is tradition. A...
1. How Tradition Liberates – Hoysala Sculpture and the Freedom of Tradition A common contemporary misconception is that tradition binds and modernity frees. Nothing can be further...
🕉Today is the Divine #AadiPooram - Goddess Andal’s Birth & Celebration of Her marriage to Lord Ranganathaswamy, Srirangam 🙏 Goddess Andal -An incarnation of Sri Bhu Devi, a divin...
“Lakshmi” is derived from the Sanskrit elemental form “lakS,” meaning to observe/perceive. This is also synonymous with “laksya,” meaning aim, goal, or objective. Hence Lakshmi rep...
1. How to Understand the Hindu Temple – The Meaning of the term ‘aedicule’ In order to understand the Hindu temple, we need to first understand the meaning of the term aedicule th...
I've been thinking about a subgenre of Hindi film music from '50-70 that's disappeared. The cabaret/club/dance song where the female singer raised philosophical questions.A departu...
1. 'Responsibility is Racist' – Supreme Court What the Supreme Court today basically declared by letting Zubair go is that responsibility is racist. Everyone remembers how the Cour...
1. Today begins the month long vrata series of Sāvana ke Somvāra, which last a month or four weeks. To north Indians it is a deeply uplifting time full of Śiva bhakti with all Mond...
1/ About Jordan Peterson... The inability of nearly everyone in elite/respectable/mainstream institutions to understand the appeal of @jordanbpeterson is a symptom of the very def...
An introduction to the vocabulary of classical music: https://t.co/Usz1sngbE9
I was aware of it in specific instances - for example science education after Sputnik- but I don't think I appreciated until recently how much the "cult of smart" in America was an...
𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐡 (𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐣𝐣𝐚𝐡): The 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah is the Day of Arafah. Arafah was the day on which Allah perfected His religion, completed His favours upon...
1. Deep Ecology of Sanātana dharma in Ram Swarup’s Works The most glaring difference between dharmic sects like Hindu dharma & monotheistic sects like Christianity is the sense of...
"The task before Hindu society is immense. It consists in self-renewal and self-rejuvenation. it has to come into its own. It has to recover and reassert its civilizational identit...
1. Shri Ram Swarup on ‘5 Essential Concepts of Hindu dharma’ Shri Ram Swarup did not only do a pūrva pakṣa of the opponents of Sanātana dharma. He also told us who we are. His wor...
1. Three weeks ago I started a journey on twitter – of learning & teaching. I started telling truth about our civilization & its enemies. The response was overwhelming. You read...
1. Indian Judiciary, Islamic Law and Hindu Society – A History of Victim-Shaming #NupurSharma quoted from Islamic scriptures. Indian courts blamed her instead of scriptures or tho...