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Western scholars approach Sanskrit with impressive academic rigor—parsing verb forms, tracing etymologies, and constructing elaborate linguistic frameworks. What's missing in their work isn't intellectual capacity but receptivity to a different kind of knowledge. Sanskrit isn't just an ancient language to be cataloged alongside
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What happens when your enemy disappears but your enmity remains? The Soviet Union's collapse created an identity crisis for communist movements worldwide. It wasn't just that they lost their ideological headquarters—they lost their guiding star, their proof that the revolution could succeed. For India'
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Most successful countries have a bureaucracy that enables. India has one that prevents. When a nation's default response to innovation, growth and change is 'no, unless we specifically allow it', —it's a system designed for control, not progress. India's bureaucratic labyrinth wasn&
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India's intellectual left has long championed the cause of gender justice, yet its selective approach to patriarchy raises serious questions. While "Brahmanical patriarchy" is frequently attacked in media and academia, Islamic and Christian patriarchal structures remain largely ignored. This biased narrative reflects a deeper political agenda
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India isn't conquering foreign lands. It's colonizing itself. We've been taught to recognize colonialism by its most obvious features: ships arriving from distant shores, foreign flags planted in native soil, resources flowing back to lands across oceans. But what if colonialism evolved? Coz the
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Pride in one's heritage isn't just emotional comfort - it's a foundational pillar of identity. The Hindu's cultural inheritance represents thousands of years of intellectual achievement, not mere exotic curiosities awaiting Western validation. When encountering outsiders, this ancestral wealth becomes both shield