Article Archive for November 2011
Nature as Divine : Loving Nature
Looking back as far as we can see, in the Rig Veda we find Earth and Heaven often addresses in union as a single being(dyava-prithivi) and honored together; they are ‘parents of the gods’, ‘father …
India’s Cosmic Temper
The Vedanga Jyotish, India’s most ancient extant scientific text(dated to about 1400 BCE), spells out the notion of calendar, seasons, equinoxes and solstices, and discusses the 27 nakshatras or lunar mansions; a little later, the …
Spiritualists V/s Materialists
By Dr. Sandhya Subramanian
Spiritualists and materialists are as different as peas in a pod. Not just that they have totally different perspectives to life, but also the variegated ness of their beliefs, opinions and views which always …
The Buddha and the Gift
Editor’s note – A short story from the life of the Buddha which illustrates the power of words, as well the how our actions ultimately reflect back on to us. Excerpts from lectures of IYF …
The Infinitesimal Calculus : How was it imported into Europe?
By CK Raju
C. K. Raju holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Statistical Institute. He taught mathematics for several years before playing a lead role in the C-DAC team which built Param: India’s first parallel supercomputer. …
Is Indian Culture Obsolete? – Part 4
Fourth and Last Part of Keynote address presented at the Vivekananda Jayanthi Lecture for Youth organized by the Bharateeya Vichara Kendram at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) on 12 January 2000
Post-Independence India
That, in summary, was India’s condition at …
Is Indian Culture Obsolete? – Part 3
Third Part of Keynote address presented at the Vivekananda Jayanthi Lecture for Youth organized by the Bharateeya Vichara Kendram at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) on 12 January 2000 by Michel Danino
The Tree of Indian Civilization
Now, let me …
Is Indian Culture Obsolete ? – Part 2
Second Part of the Keynote address presented at the Vivekananda Jayanthi Lecture for Youth organized by the Bharateeya Vichara Kendram at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) on 12 January 2000 by Michel Danino
Western “Culture”
So far so good. But …
Is Indian Culture Obsolete ? – Part 1
Keynote address presented at the Vivekananda Jayanthi Lecture for Youth organized by the Bharateeya Vichara Kendram at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) on 12 January 2000 by Michel Danino
The Angry Young Indian
If I were to picture myself as …
Differential Value of Life
What is the value of a Hindu Life in Saudi Arabia?
This is eerily reminiscent of the Saudi Arabian system of blood money, See the Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_money (or The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2002): …
