How did Hinduism led Indians to Science
Rishi Kanva’s ashrama was not a single ashrama, it was a collection, an assemblage of hermitages of which he was the presiding rishi. So, a student would go to one in ashrama and...
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Educational Heritage of Ancient India — A Talk by Sahana Singh
So in the years that I have been living outside India, I get a lot of questions like: how is it that you Indians are motivated to study so hard? What is it...
Atal Bihari Vajpayi in Parliament after Pokhran Nuclear Test
Source: – India First youTube Channel. ऐतिहासिक भाषण : जब कांग्रेस ने की थी परमाणु परीक्षण का भी विरोध, अटल जी ने दिया करारा जवाब
Vijayanagara: The City of Victory – A Talk By Ratnakar Sadasyula
The Srijan Foundation organized a talk of Sri. Ratnakar Sadasyula at New Delhi. The topic of the talk was ‘Vijayanagara: The City of Victory”.
Timeline of 17000+ Years of Unbroken Indian Civilization — A Talk by Nilesh Nilakanth Oak
Namaskar! So just talking about the mentoring on one of the forum, number of you might be aware of it. If not there is one forum called Bharat Rakshak Forum, some of you might...
The unique monolith sculpture of Khasa Matha monastery in Yadgiri district, Karnataka
Source:- Sanskriti FB Page. The unique monolith sculpture of Khasa Matha monastery near Gurmitkal town, Yadgiri district, Karnataka. A shaft pillar with three cages; each of the cages holds a ball sculpted out of...
‘Auto da fe’ and torture methods of Goa Inquisition
Charles Dellon has described that the palace of Inquisition was a dreaded, imposing building, that contained about 200 prison cells, many of which were dark and windowless. According to Dellon, the 2 inquisitors...
Inquisition System in Goa – Its structure, purpose and functioning
How was the Court of Inquisition formed? The Court of Inquisition had 2 inquisitors, both were answerable only to the King. They were appointed only by the King of Portugal. They were not...
European testimonials for the forced conversion of Goan Hindus
So along with the systematic persecution of Hindus, the Portuguese embarked upon aggressive proselytization. But most people converted out of violence, avarice or fear. Richard Burton, the famous British traveler who had...
Policies adopted by the Portuguese colonialists to convert Hindus to Christianity
So the Portuguese had two kinds of policies. One was to make life so difficult for Hindus that being Hindu became a huge burden, a remaining Hindu became a huge burden and on...
Hindu Temple destruction by Portuguese invaders in Goa
And this is also the time Miguel Vaz actually went to Portugal, because he realized, even the proselytization was happening in Goa, it was not happening fast enough for his comfort. So he actually...
How did the Portuguese first come to Goa?
Goa was first ruled by the Kadambas. Then by the Vijayanagara empire for some time, then by Ibrahim Adil Shah. And when it was ruled by the Muslims, obviously there were a lot...
Goa Inquisition: Lest We Forget — A Talk by Shefali Vaidya
First of all I am deeply indebted to Rahul and Srijan Foundation for inviting me to give this talk on Goan inquisition. Because it is a very personal topic for me because I...
