In this Srijan Talk, Koenraad Elst emphasizes that Yoga can belong to any particular school of thought and need not be from any particular political background. Dr. Elst shares his experience in Hindu Dharma, Indian culture, history, origin of Yoga and about the various aspects of
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A lot of parents turn to the Internet these days to pick up Sanskrit names for their children. As it turns out, a lot of name websites deceive parents by inventing non-existent Sanskrit names or giving dubious meanings. This talk with real-life examples is an eye-opener for parents wishing to
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Main Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pinIM... K. K. Muhammed talks about the evidences that surfaced during the Ram Janmabhoomi excavations conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India. It proved beyond doubt the existence of a temple beneath the Babri Masjid. A close examination of the remains revealed various artifacts that could only be part
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Main Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQHMM... Q/A session of Shri Mrugendra Vinod's #SrijanTalks titled 'Tracing The Timeline Of Ancient Bharat: Mahabharata War To Guptas'. In the 1790s, British philologist and founder of the Asiatic Society of India, William Jones made an erroneous correlation between the Indian kings Xandrames and Sandracottus mentioned in Greek historical accounts
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Polluted rivers, drains choked with garbage, and open defecation in today’s India are a far cry from the wisdom that was embedded in ancient India. Sahana Singh makes the case that the sanitation problems being faced in India today stem from a disconnect with old traditions and knowledge. Ancient Sanskrit
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K. K. Muhammed talks about the evidences that surfaced during the Ram Janmabhoomi excavations conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India. It proved beyond doubt the existence of a temple beneath the Babri Masjid. A close examination of the remains revealed various artifacts that could only be part of a
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Main Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8HKH... In this Q/A session Anand Prasad Answers to the questions from the audience. In main talk, Anand Prasad talks about understanding the Supreme Court ruling on Sabarimala. He questions why is it difficult for the court to see the traditional Indian viewpoint? The notion is that a secular
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Main Talk 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01cFc... Main Talk 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sB3Y... Main Talk 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ek5n... Main Talk 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejVc8... Ironically, India is the only country where the majority religious community is being discriminated against. Various state governments through their respective Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) Acts have assumed financial and management
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The Arthashastra is a marvelous treatise that captured the imagination of ancient India. Kautilya's thoughts are not only far ahead of his time, they were precise to address some of the key challenges of those days. Needless to say, the economic and political dominance that India had prior to the
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Prof. Braj Basi Lal is a renowned Indian archaeologist. He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1968 to 1972. B. B. Lal worked on the archaeology of sites accounted for in the Mahabharata. He also worked on the Archaeology of Ramayana Sites, a project
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This talk discusses all the misinformation being spread about the Rafale, and the larger macro impact it has on the defence of the country as well as the state of defence commentary and education in the country. In this talk Abhijit simplifies the defence procurement process, gives us the background and
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Main talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR8us... As the intellectual fountainhead and founder of what is termed as “Hindu nationalism,” Vinayak Damodar Savarkar has emerged as one of the most controversial Indian political thinkers of the 20th Century. This lecture explores the lesser known role and contribution of Savarkar as a revolutionary figure and interprets
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In this very enlightening talk, Anand Prasad talks about understanding the Supreme Court ruling on Sabarimala. He questions why is it difficult for the court to see the traditional Indian viewpoint? The notion is that a secular State is viewed as a godless state, as against a State that accepts
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In the 1790s, British philologist and founder of the Asiatic Society of India, William Jones made an erroneous correlation between the Indian kings Xandrames and Sandracottus mentioned in Greek historical accounts during Alexander’s invasion of India in 323 BCE, with Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire. This correlation
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[This video was recorded on March 23, 2019] A historic day dawned on India on the morning of August 5 when GoI scrapped Article 370 rendering Article 35 A null and void and giving the status of Union Territories to Ladakh and J&K. Thank you, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and
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Freeing Hindu Temples From Govt control is one of the key demands of Hindu Charter. Please read the Demands in detail and Support the Charter of Hindu Demands by signing the petition at https://hinducharter.org/hindu-charte... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejVc8MLDzm0 Transcript: - That's something called the denominational right, that is you as a sampradaya, you can administer your
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Ironically, India is the only country where the majority religious community is being discriminated against. Various state governments through their respective Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) Acts have assumed financial and management control of thousands of Hindu temples across India. They did this under alleged accusations of
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Freeing Hindu Temples From Govt control is one of the key demands of Hindu Charter. Please read the Demands in detail and Support the Charter of Hindu Demands by signing the petition at https://hinducharter.org/hindu-charte... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sB3Y5WJ_vE Transcript: - So, how do we manage our temples. the first thing you should remember is, democracy would
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01cFcSutMfA&t=35s Transcript: - Thank you, for being here this afternoon, the topic is Dharmic administrative framework for our temples. That is currently these temples are under the control of government, state government. In Tamil Nadu, in Orissa, in Andhra Pradesh, in Telangana, in Karnataka, in Kerala also in Maharashtra and other states.
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Shri Sankrant Sanu answers questions on the topic ‘Protection of Native Traditions". Main Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ5Wz... He lays bare the asymmetry of doctrine and resources as well as the underbelly of a deeply-entrenched systemic, strategic framework that the proselytizers have been using their advantage for decades. A must-listen-to Q/A session, that
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Trifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir is a national requirement. It’s exigency of the time. Its division into Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh States will end the 71-year-old menace of discrimination against these two provinces, which constitute J&K’s 89% of the State’s land area and house half of the state’s population. It
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As the intellectual fountainhead and founder of what is termed as “Hindu nationalism,” Vinayak Damodar Savarkar has emerged as one of the most controversial Indian political thinkers of the 20th Century. This lecture explores the lesser known role and contribution of Savarkar as a revolutionary figure and interprets the impact
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Shri Sankrant Sanu speaks on the Freedom of Religion Act giving emphasis on the two notions arising from native traditions vs. proselytizing ones, and which one of the two deserves privilege from the Indian state. He lays bare the asymmetry of doctrine and resources as well as the underbelly of a
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The adherents of the dharmic school of philosophies such as Shad-darshanas tend to emphasize the differences rather than comprehending the complementary nature of these darshanas. This resulted in attempts to reach a compromise and such attempts have led to artificial compromise where real issues are left to the sidelines. This
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#AIT #AITDebunked #SrijanTalks Indian history, or what we have been taught by way of history in India, has many strange paradoxes that are hard to explain to rational, inquiring minds. At the root of these paradoxes is the Colonial Ideological Offensive, imposed by British historians steeped in Biblical tradition. These historians
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In the late 18th century a British Magazine called the Gentleman’s Magazine carried a fascinating piece of information regarding an Indian bullock cart driver named Cowasjee who had his nose cut off during a war. The magazine reported that Cowasjee had a surgery performed to restore his nose in the
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After an eye-opening talk on the need to amend Articles 26-30 of the Indian Constitution, Hariprasad N answers the question of people who came to attend the lecture. He also highlights that the subsections of these Acts are misinterpreted and it’s only the Hindu religion that suffers the most because
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Internationally acclaimed filmmaker, art historian and photographer Benoy Behl interacts with the audience after his enthralling talk at the Srijan Foundation. He addresses questions about India's rich art heritage and how it survived the vagaries of nature for centuries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQaGFfDoSc&t=325s
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Surya Siddhanta, arguably the most ancient book on Indian astronomy, is a highly advanced and accurate treatise in Hindu astronomy that is widely respected all over the world for its highly developed scientific and astronomical concepts regarding the cosmos. As per Hindu tradition, the Sun God, Surya is said to
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Indian history, or what we have been taught by way of history in India, has many strange paradoxes which are hard to explain to rational, inquiring minds. At the root of these paradoxes is the Colonial Ideological Offensive, imposed by British historians steeped in Biblical tradition. These historians simply could
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Watch the main Talk here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T3ot... Shri. Abhitosh Tripathi shares the story of a dioecious flowering plant Hemp or Marijuana, it's medicinal and business uses and sheds light on its past and present. Used for centuries in India in forms such as bhang, this was discovered by the Western world only
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Shri. Abhitosh Tripathi shares the story of a dioecious flowering plant Hemp or Marijuana, it's medicinal and business uses and sheds light on its past and present. Used for centuries in India in forms such as bhang, this was discovered by the Western world only after 1498. There is plethora of
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In this very important talk, Hariprasad N highlights the need to amend Articles 26 to 30 of the Indian Constitution if Hindu community wants to thrive as a Dharmic society. He also highlights that the subsections of these Acts are misinterpreted and it’s only the Hindu religion that suffers the most
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The tradition of art in India goes back to antiquity. Richly evolved and refined, art was quintessentially a spiritual practice and was seen as an expression of philosophic thought in ancient India. The experience of art was aimed at creating a sublime moment of uninterrupted unification with the ‘Spirit within
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The story of India’s economy under the Nehruvian socialist framework has been a stunted one. Afflicted with License Raj, political patronage and crony favoritism, the Indian economy functioned largely as a political economy that bred an ecosystem of corruption and economic stagnation for nearly four decades after Independence. Even as
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A vast majority of well-intentioned, patriotic Indians believe in the Constitution of India as a sacrosanct foundational stone of the Indian Republic upon which stands the hallowed shrine of Democracy. Not many, however, are aware that the Constitution of India is largely framed on the 1935 British Act of India,
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The story of India’s economy under the Nehruvian socialist framework has been a stunted one. Afflicted with License Raj, political patronage and crony favoritism, the Indian economy functioned largely as a political economy that bred an ecosystem of corruption and economic stagnation for nearly four decades after Independence. Even as
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Having penetrated the social, political, administrative, academic, artistic and media spaces in the Indian urbanized ecosphere, Urban Naxals have dominated the intellectual turf, reducing anyone who thinks outside of their box into a subaltern nobody. They have mastered the art of cultivating and fostering their preferred narrative, the ONLY acceptable
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In a conversation with Maria Wirth, author of the book “Thank you India – a German woman’s journey to the wisdom of yoga. The discourse on religion in India has been allowed to go on lopsided for far too long. Maria Wirth raises tough issues Indians themselves shy away from. Her astute
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The Indic civilization has had rich, hoary Kshatriya traditions which gave rise to equally rich and profound martial traditions like the Sanatan Shastra Vidya, which literally means the ‘timeless science of weapons.’ This ancient art of battle is traced back to Adi Deva Shiva who gave this knowledge to Pashupats,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3beGhULPDeM&t=1272s Sanjay Dixit ji answers questions on Hindu Pakistan Talk. IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, Sanjay Dixit, talks about the Quest to establish The Land Of Pure, Pakistan was started after the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb with the rise of the Maratha Empire, he also talks about the fundamental differences of the
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukoPLe1X0hA&t=133s What are the events that create trans-generational trauma? Genocide war, ethnic violence... many of them... Last century was a century of genocides. It went into denial when it saw its temples desecrated, when it saw its places destroyed. One could not express rage, for example in Aurangzeb's time, could we?
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Q & A Session of Relevance Of Shiv Agamas For Hindus Today – Srijan Talk by Arti Agarwal Shiva Agamas are essentially the Applied Science of ancient Hindu Spirituality that offer lasting solutions to the myriad problems faced by humankind. About Speaker : Arti Agarwal is a devotee of Lord Shiva, disciple
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Trans -Generational Trauma and Hindu Resistance : Western psychologists have examined in great detail the effects of collective intergenerational trauma faced by survivors of Jewish Holocaust and Armenian Genocide. Yet, the world is still in the dark about the transgenerational trauma faced by Hindus in India during genocidal violence of
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec8aJl42DME&t=86s Numerical systems across most ancient civilizations developed using similar linear patterns of counting. For primitive hunter-gatherer societies, a linear scale that facilitated counting the number of animals killed or artefacts bartered seemed sufficient. In a more complex and flourishing agrarian society like India, the need to study natural phenomena like
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GUgBvBMuOw&t=214s So, thanks, a I thanks to Rahul ji and everyone at Srijan Foundation for inviting me here to give this talk. And my today’s talk here is on the Shiv Agamas and before I go ahead with the talk, I just wanted to mention that you know everything I know,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK8bEoiti7E&t=559s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rqjIqLkp4s&t=3342s Has anybody read that article written in 2003? Only few people have read it….. Ok that’s good. Even I had to revise that as it was article of way back in 2003. I had written just an article but not given any talk over it. This article had gone viral,
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