Friday, April 18, 2025

Writing an essay forces to question and think

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

From January 1968 till August 1970, the Mother was reading chosen passages from Sri Aurobindo's Savitri and giving Her explanations which were tape-recorded ...
Poems of Narad - Poems To The Divine Mother, Volume III - Her Love. No views · 9 minutes ago ...more. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo : E-library. 11.1K.
20 hours ago — For Sri Aurobindo, the Veda is a Book of Knowledge, an inspiration, the spiritual imagery of which he used in his own magnum opus Savitri. We shall examine the ...

[PDF] DEENDAYAL UPADHYAYA'S CONTRIBUTION FOR BUILDING OF MODERN BHARAT: AN ANALYSIS

M SINGH, D RAJ
Deendayal Upadhyaya in his concept of ‘Integral Humanism’has succinctly demolished the social and political philosophies of rest of world ie capitalism as well as communism by underlining their inherent disdain for humanitarian aspects of …

Political narratives and the authorship of history textbooks-a case study from India

R Lakshminarayanan, D Thomas, S Paul - Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2025
… Hindu nationalism, its organizational structure and ideological perspectives had been developing since the 1920s with the publication of the ‘Hindutva’ in 1923 by Veer Savarkar and the formation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1925. The ‘…

Competitive Religious Politics and Localisation of Hindutva in Odisha

BS Nayak - The Unholy Trinity: Hindutva, Capitalism and …, 2025
… Short-term political gains from competitive religious politics may only create fertile ground for Hindutva politics of the BJP to thrive in the … The BJD is laying long-term foundations for Hindutva politics to grow and thrive in the state. Hindutva politics …

Alternative Narratives on Nationalism, Religion and Market

BS Nayak - The Unholy Trinity: Hindutva, Capitalism and …, 2025
Flag waving nationalism (Skitka, Journal of Applied Social Psychology 35:1995–2011, 2005) is growing across the globe along with reactionary market fundamentalism which collaborates with religious Religious politics to access state State power …

Everyday Realities, Ideas and Available Alternatives

BS Nayak - The Unholy Trinity: Hindutva, Capitalism and …, 2025
‘There is no alternative Alternatives ’ arguments are fundamentally capitalist propaganda to hide shameful impacts of capitalism Capitalism and all its projects on people and the planet Planet . Despite of the negative consequences of capitalism …

After the single screen: performing publics at large

SV Srinivas - South Asian History and Culture, 2025
… Sequences in RRR were read as clear indicators of the film’s pro-Hindutva tilt. The praise for the RSS by Vijayendra Prasad (the film’s … of Hindutva? Contrarily, does dancing during a song that was attacked by pro-Hindutva groups constitute an …

[HTML] Ayodhya: A Crucial Nexus of Politics and Religion in India

A Lindsay
… If Ayodhya evolves into a focal point for a Muslim-led global advocacy initiative, it could galvanize broader Islamic solidarity against the Hindutva agenda. This may culminate in a more polarized world where religious identities become the …

The Malevolent Myth of Cosmic War

M Juergensmeyer - Mythologizing in South Asian Traditions, 2025
… The Hindu nationalists saw the necessity of armed struggle to define and defend the Hindu culture of India, which they called Hindutva. They evoked the cosmic war images of the Hindu Epics in their moral justification for fighting for a sacred cause. …

Global Literatures and Cultures of Modernity

S Chatterjee, S Chigurupati
We launch this book as a collection of scholarly essays written by academicians and scholars from India who have read, scrutinized, and taught literary works in postmillennial Indian classrooms as well as in various public fora. Our edited …

Economic Policies of Hindutva Quackery in India

BS Nayak - The Unholy Trinity: Hindutva, Capitalism and …, 2025
… This socioeconomic divide can be exploited by political Political forces, including those aligned with Hindutva Hindutva , to consolidate power Power by tapping into the frustrations of the disenfranchised. The Hindutva budget Budget reflects the …

The Unholy Trinity

BS Nayak
… outcomes of Hindutva politics, which create foundation for Hindutva fascism in India. Deaths and destitutions don’t disturb Hindutva ideology. … The everyday resistance to Hindutva is important to break away from Hindutva capitalism. India and Indians …

[PDF] A Symphonic Zone?

D Leonard - Economic & Political Weekly, 2025
In the context of the ongoing debates on the language and education policies of the nation state, and the political crisis that the union and state governments precariously face in its implementation, this article is an invitation to critically rethink …

Hinduism in Interreligious Relations

M Barbato - Religion Compass, 2025
The concept of ‘Hinduism’ brings together a diverse group of traditions, which sometimes makes it difficult to distinguish between intrareligious and interreligious relations. This article assumes that despite all diversity it is possible to draw out …

OTHERING OF NORTHEASTERN EXPERIENCES IN AXONE (2020)

S Krishnan … This divide along religious lines, Hindus who consider cow sacred and Muslims who are considered aggressors, has only pushed the Hindutva agenda in the political state of affairs. Similarly, pork, consumed largely in northeastern states …

New book from @uncpress.bsky.social:

The Age of the Borderlands: Indians, Slaves, and the Limits of Manifest Destiny, 1790–1850 by Andrew C. Isenberg

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New from @illinoispress.bsky.social:

Lincoln the Citizen, February 12, 1809 to March 4, 1861: The Complete Version by Henry C. Whitney, edited and with an introduction by Michael Burlingame

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Latest papers: Troy Seagraves argues for an explanation of self-hatred where quintessential cases of self-hatred are caused by shame in this open access paper doi.org/10.1080/0951...

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In today's @thehindu.com, my obituary of Mario Vargas Llosa (feat. when my copy of The Time of the Hero was confiscated at Republic Day).

Mario Vargas Llosa, 1936-2025: a strange, most astonishing contrast --

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Philosophy is such a discomforting discipline. It’s a little bit frightening to find one’s settled convictions being challenged all the time. I’ve spent 15 years being confident social contract theory can accommodate nonhuman animals. But, writing a paper on justice & motivations, I’ve had to change my mind. I don’t like it. This is one reason the essay remains an important part of a university education in the arts, humanities, & social sciences. When you do the hard work of trying to craft an argument into an essay, you're forced to question & think at a deeper level.

https://bsky.app/profile/stevecooke.org/post/3lmw3tzj6v22e

It was precisely in writing an essay that 19-year-old me realized I had to give up eating animals, after having spent my life up to that point relishing their taste.

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Announcement about the second Kumārila conference (May 5--9 2025):
elisafreschi.com/2025/04/18/s...

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... when students want to and have a positive experience of being in your class, so I very much enjoyed this article on the role of positive emotions in learning and teaching.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Sri Aurobindo rejected the otherworldly emphasis in Advaita

Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

4 hours ago — Sri Aurobindo. Letters on Himself and the Ashram. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo. Volume 35. Mantras and Messages. Mantras Written by Sri Aurobindo [2].
6 hours ago — Sri Aurobindo – “The Master of the Work” (from The Synthesis of Yoga) · (1) The Eternal and Infinite · (2) The Object of the Yoga · (3) Absolute Surrender to ...
23 hours ago — ... Sri Aurobindo and the problem of Self-determination'. Former Vice Chancellor of Central University Odisha, Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty delivered the lecture.
21 hours ago — Nanda, one of the devotees of Mother and Sri Aurobindo who was working with Doordarshan TV came to see me. He said, "Do you know that Mrs. Satpathi"—who was at ...
16 hours ago — Sri Aurobindo and Paul Richard signed as witnesses at the town hall where the marriage was performed. Actually Sada had met the Mother and Paul Richard in 1914 ...
The Dream Twilight of the Ideal, Savitri, Sri Aurobindo - Pages 605 and 606. 3 views · 4 minutes ago #themother #sriaurobindo #integralyoga ...more ...
Sri Aurobindo has, in this Chapter (Chapter XXI of Part II of 'The Synthesis of Yoga'), in his natural way of taking up all contraries and then synthesising ...
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From January 1968 till August 1970, the Mother was reading chosen passages from Sri Aurobindo's Savitri and giving Her explanations which were tape-recorded ...
21 hours ago — SITE OF SRI AUROBINDO & THE MOTHER. Home Page |Rig Veda. Attention! To view ... by Sri Shyama Sundara Sharma and Sri Satya Krishna Bhatta. Recorded by ...
12 hours ago — home / Punjab / Sri Aurobindo Was A Champion Of Human Rights. 'मानव अधिकारों के चैंपियन थे श्री अरबिंदो'. 07:29 AM Oct 16 ...
Another example of the faith/doubt dynamic is expressed in a more expansive Eastern manner by Sri Aurobindo: “There is one kind of faith demanded as ...
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7 hours ago — ' Rabindranath Tagore even painted Sri Aurobindo “Messiah of Indian Culture and Civilisation.” Harivansh Rai Bacchan is the greatest Hindi poets of the ...
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INDIAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

A Raghuramaraju - The Routledge Companion to Social and Political …, 2024
… He and others like Sri Aurobindo rejected the otherworldly emphasis in traditional Advaita, particularly, and Vedanta, in general. They, too, held this tendency responsible for India's subjugation. Mahatma Gandhi (1869–48) praised the Gita …

[PDF] THE NOTION OF PURUSHA (SELF) IN SAMKHYA PHILOSOPHY: A PSYCHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION

A Biswas
… , and Gita, contain reference to the Sāṁkhya-Yoga ideas.It seems extremely probable that the … Our comprehending of the philosophical ideas in practical application can be helped by yoga, … Every individual is an integral part of the …

[PDF] Teaching Yoga to School children as a Technique of making them Self-reliant

D Dutta, A Dey, NR Roy
… Yoga has the power to encourage mindfulness and build self-confidence, which is an integral part of nurturing happy, healthy children. It helps in improving their focus and concentration power which as a result helps in engaging in classroom …

[PDF] Historical Evolution and Literary Impact of Indian Writing in English

MK Tiwari - The Voice of Creative Research, 2024
… His major works on Hindu philosophy and spirituality include “Raja Yoga,” “Karma Yoga,” and “Bhakti Yoga,” all penned in easy English … of Yoga”, and “Essays on the Gita,” are considered fundamental texts of contemporary Indian philosophy. His …

[HTML] Yoga and Religion in the Quest for Happiness and Enlightenment

LJ Douglas - 2024
… Key practices in Brahminical yoga: the eight limbs (Aṣṭāṅga yoga) Although not universally integral to Brahminical practices, the eight limbs ( aṣṭāṅga yoga ) as articulated in the Yoga Sūtras have been widely embraced and adapted across …

[HTML] Between Appeal to Citizenship and Biopolitical Fracture: Islamophobia and the New Politics of Muslim Citizenship in India

A Kunnummal - Islamophobia Studies Journal, 2024
… Moreover, Hindutva effort to deny citizenship for Muslim minorities is not only a technical legal issue but it is closely interlinked to the ideological horizon of Hindutva and the biopolitical turn of the state form in India. The Hindutva project has …

[PDF] Understanding the Ram Mandir Journey through Snyder's Hope Theory

V Awasthi, K Rakhra
… However, the politicisation of this religious symbol gathered momentum in the 1980s, making temple construction a part of their Hindutva agenda. This sparked a volatile nationwide campaign which transformed the political context in India …

[HTML] Introduction: Fanon's Palestine and the Colonial Dividing Line

H Bazian - Islamophobia Studies Journal, 2024
Fanon’s insights on colonialism, oppression, and the division between colonizers and the colonized resonate profoundly when examining the complex and enduring struggle in Palestine. His writings shed light on the intricacies of a struggle where a …

[PDF] A CHANCE FOR PEACE?: Hurdles on the path to

A CHATTERJEE
Peace negotiations are often long-drawn and delicate processes and the existing policy of the Indian government on combating the Naxalite-Maoist conflict is based upon certain standardized counter-insurgency measures. In this essay, I will argue …

[HTML] Disentangling Khap Preeminence: A Feminist Critique

SW Ali
Women have to go through a life and death like situation in giving birth to a world that men would relish looking after but they witness biasness and subordination in the society where a patriarchal structure exists. Khaps that mainly belong to the …

Liberal Script and Its Populist

A Prakash
… Such identities, by creating a discursive device of a social community (eg, Hindutva), create a politics of exclusion for all other social … For instance, the exclusion (and persecution) of Muslims from the political discourse of Hindutva is …

Toward a New Art of Border Crossing

AK Giri, AR Chowdhury, DB Willis - 2024
Boundaries, borders and margins are related concepts and realities, and each of these can be conceptualized and organized in closed or open ways—with degrees of closure or openness. The logics of statis and closure, as well as cults of exclusivist …

10 Music as Epistemic Bulwark in West Bengal

B Krakauer - Religious Sounds Beyond the Global North
… Processed in such a way,“revived” Baul-Fakir music—or at least certain Baul-Fakir songs—could be adapted within the larger right-wing Hindutva movement. It is highly conceivable that revival audiences would embrace the music in this way …

Afterword: Sonic Materiality, Religion, and Non-Religion

P Eisenlohr - Religious Sounds Beyond the Global North
The afterword centers on the following question: If it is the case that the forms of territoriality and belonging such as those discussed in the contributions to this volume are already constituted and well-known through discourse, why should one …

Exploring Dalit Experience in Bengal: A Critical Analysis of Manohar Mouli Biswas's Narrative Surviving in My World: Growing Up Dalit in Bengal

T Anowar - Scrutiny2, 2024
The Namashudra community, formerly derogatorily referred to as Chandal, endured untouchability in colonial Bengal. Following the partition, in West Bengal, they initiated a revolutionary literary movement to articulate and transmute long-suppressed …

A Decolonial Reimagining of Workplace Spirituality: Embracing Sufi wisdom in the Quest for Meaningful Enchantment

S Ul-Haq - Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, 2024
This paper critically examines the human quest for meaning and enchantment in the context of modernity's disenchanting tendencies and the subsequent emergence of co-opted forms of re-enchantment. It argues that while the workplace spirituality …

NAVIGATING CRISIS THROUGH POST-PUNK MUSIC AND SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT

DRA CAMPBELL, A CROWLEY - Crisis and Creativity in Performing Arts Training, 2024
… Navigating mind/body connections through language, movement, dance and live music was an integral part of our concept and rehearsal process, and in performance, we consciously reached out to the audience, inviting them to feel, with us, the …

Digital Era of Well-Being

M Ghosh - India's Silver Surfers: Transforming the Digital …, 2024
… Taking due cognisance of these aspects is also integral to digital well-being. Growing older and managing age-related challenges are difficult … that let users mix music and noises to make playlists they may listen to as they meditate, practise …

India's Silver Surfers

M Ghosh
… It is a journey that calls for reevaluating societal attitudes and fostering an environment where the older generation is not left behind but is an integral part of the digital tapestry we weave. Through this exploration, we want to understand the …

Comfort and Chaos: The Neuro-Ontological Dilemma in Cyber-Information Sharing

S David - (In) Security: Identifying the Invisible Disruptors of …, 2024
The cyber-information space presents a unique risk for the creation and proliferation of identity-driven actors. The choice of some individuals to align with and perpetuate identity-driven or extremist content points to larger questions at the intersection of …

[PDF] Declining Bipolarity and Disintegrating Social Fabric

S Sasikumar, B Sunilraj - Economic & Political Weekly, 2024
… This position, which does not align with the stated policies of the CPI(M), had the potential to steer away the Hindu sections to the Hindutva … This once again underscores the importance of cultural engagement when it comes to the resistance …

[PDF] BEFORE THE INK IS DRY: INDIAN MEDIA@ 77

D Sancheti
There have been significant changes in the Indian media landscape since independence. This research paper throws light on the underpinnings of press freedom to lay a background over which the present state of journalism could be …