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Goddess Ila: The Forgotten Matriarch of Vedic India
When we begin to trace the origins of Indian civilization, we often encounter a familiar starting point: Manu Vaivasvata, the archetypal progenitor of humankind in the Indic tradition. While he is most famously associated with the Manu Smriti, a text that was redacted and formalized many centuries later during the post-Vedic period, his legacy predates that code by millennia. Manu Vaivasvata is invoked over twenty times across the Vedic corpus, not merely as a mythical patriarch, but as a moral and legal anchor: the first law-giver, the inaugurator of human society (manushya samaj), and a link between the divine and the earthly order. His role is comparable in scope, though…
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Swami Vigyananand’s “The Hindu Manifesto” Offers a Civilizational Roadmap
There are books that inform, repositories of facts, footnotes, and frameworks.There are books that inspire, kindling within the reader a momentary flame of idealism, a fleeting vision of something greater.And then, there exist those rare and potent texts that do more than inform or inspire, they awaken.They rouse the soul from its civilizational slumber.They summon the dormant spirit of a people long chained by forgetfulness, distortion, and disinheritance. Swami Vigyananandโs The Hindu Manifesto is one such text. It is not merely a political treatise, nor just a spiritual commentary.It is a clarion call sounded across the corridors of time, a conch blown at the cusp of epochs, awakening the memory…
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The South Indian Story: Beyond Fables | Nitin Kushalappa on South Indian Stories | Itihasdhir
Buy The Book: https://www.amazon.in/Dakshin-South-Indian-Myths-Fables/dp/0143454994?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A15DBATYR506U3&gPromoCode=BankPromoPD25_All What truly shaped the lands of Dakshin? On this episode of Itihasdhir, we’re honored to host acclaimed author Nitin Kushalappa MP for a profound discussion on South Indian stories. Nitin takes us on a journey beyond the familiar fables and widely propagated myths, uncovering the lesser-known, yet incredibly significant, narratives that form the bedrock of South Indian civilization. From ancient kingdoms to cultural evolutions, get ready to see the South like never before. ๐ About Us: Itihasdhir is a podcast book review channel dedicated to diving deep into the world of literature. We explore a diverse range of books, from historical masterpieces and contemporary bestsellers to…
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The Ajanta Caves: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Indic Civilizational Expression
The Ajanta Caves transcend their conventional categorization as archaeological sites, emerging instead as monumental testaments to the Indic civilizational ethosโwhere Dharma, aesthetic sophistication, and metaphysical inquiry coalesce into an enduring legacy of visual and architectural brilliance. This essay undertakes a multidisciplinary analysis of Ajanta, exploring its geographic anchoring, historical development, artistic modalities, and broader civilizational significance. I. Geographic and Chronological Contextualization Nestled within the Sahyadri ranges of Maharashtra, the Ajanta Cave complex comprises 30 intricately carved rock-cut monuments arranged in a crescent formation along the Waghora River. The geographical seclusion of these caves contributed to their obscurity for centuries, until their rediscovery in 1819 by a British colonial officerโa moment…
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A Civilizational Manifesto: Reading Amritasya Putrah by Kanchan Banerjee
In an era marked by cultural amnesia and spiritual disorientation, Amritasya Putrah by Kanchan Banerjee arrives not merely as a book, but as a civilizational invocation, a reminder that India is not merely a geopolitical construct but a living, breathing samskriti, whose soul has been nourished for millennia by the chants of the Vedas, the wisdom of the Upanishads, and the tapasya of countless rishis. The title, drawn from the Upanishadic mahฤvฤkya, “Shrinwantu vishwe amritasya putrah” (โListen, O Children of Immortalityโ), is not a poetic flourish, but a call to reawaken the sacred identity that lies dormant beneath centuries of conquest, colonization, and confusion. Banerjee does not write as a…
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No Return Ticket: Exile of Asha and the Empireโs Silence
โSome ships don’t return. Neither do some girls.โ Uma Lohrayโs debut novel, The One-Way Ships, doesn’t arrive with fanfare or scream for your attention. Instead, it stays, like a low tide that never quite recedes, leaving behind salt, silt, and silence. This is not a page-turner; itโs a page-sojourner. It lingers. It leans. It listens, to the overlooked stories of Indian ayahs shipped across the seas during the British Raj. Raised to cradle colonial children, many of these women were quietly abandoned. Forgotten. If that opening line doesn’t leave a mark, wait until you live through Ashaโs. Threadbare Truths, Tenderly Told Lohray dares what Indian fiction seldom attempts, she zooms…
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India vs Bharat | Exploring an Identity Crisis? Dr Koenraad Elst Breaks It Down | Itihasdhir
Buy The Book: https://www.amazon.in/Indias-Name-Symbols-Koenraad-Elst/dp/9385485482 In this powerful conversation, Dr. Koenraad Elst joins Itihasdhir to unpack the arguments from his latest book, Indiaโs Name and Symbols, which confronts the civilizational consequences of using the term โIndiaโ over โBharatโ. Are we living under inherited colonial semantics? What symbols truly represent us โ and what have we unconsciously inherited from our colonizers? ๐ About Us: Itihasdhir is a podcast book review channel dedicated to diving deep into the world of literature. We explore a diverse range of books, from historical masterpieces and contemporary bestsellers to timeless classics and thought-provoking non-fiction. Our mission is to ignite your passion for reading and offer insightful perspectives…
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India to England on a OneโWay Ships | Uma Lohrayโs Haunting Novel | Itihasdhir
What happens when you’re sent across oceansโฆ with no way home? We explore The One-Way Ships by Uma Lohrayโa haunting historical novel set in colonial India that tells the heart-wrenching story of Asha, a young ayah (nanny) who is abandoned in England after being taken there to serve British families. This is not just a book review. Itโs a deep dive into a forgotten chapter of British colonial historyโwhen hundreds of Indian women and girls were shipped off to foreign lands as caretakers and often left behind, voiceless and invisible. ๐ About Us: Itihasdhir is a podcast book review channel dedicated to diving deep into the world of literature. We…
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The Great Betrayal: Sita Ram Goelโs Exposรฉ on Indiaโs Secular Faรงade
In the grand theatre of post-independence Indian political discourse, few words enjoy as much sanctity, and as much ambiguity, as โsecularism.โ Brandished as a talisman of modernity, inclusivity, and national unity, secularism occupies an untouchable moral space in the republicโs ideological architecture. But what if this sacred principle has been, in practice, a mask for majoritarian disempowerment, a conduit for civilizational erasure, and a lever for political duplicity? This is the argument, indeed, the warning, laid out with clinical precision and moral courage by the late Sita Ram Goel in his seminal work, Indiaโs Secularism: New Name for National Subversion. First published in 1993, the book remains as urgent today…
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Amritasya Putrah: Kanchan Banerjee on Bharatโs Eternal Soul | Itihasdhir
In this powerful episode of Itihasdhir, author and civilizational thinker Kanchan Banerjee joins us to discuss his groundbreaking new book Amritasya Putrah: Children of the Rishis and Immortals. Rooted in the wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads, and epics, the book lays out six core pillars of Bharatiya civilization and offers a compelling vision for Indiaโs spiritual and cultural renaissance. Kanchan Banerjee delves into the meaning of being “Amritasya Putrah: The Children of Immortality”โand warns against the dangers of forgetting our dharmic roots in the face of modernity. ๐ About Us: Itihasdhir is a podcast book review channel dedicated to diving deep into the world of literature. We explore a diverse…
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