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Kanjak during Navratri was once a celebration of trust, where every child belonged to every home. Today, rituals risk becoming hollow. Time to rebuild community -intentionally, one neighborhood at a time. Charu Uppal writes. pragyata.com/its-the-commun…

Modern scholarship often misreads Bharatīya Jñāna Paramparā by forcing it into text-centric frameworks. This article by Pavan Garikapati argues it is a transmission-based architecture of knowledge sustained through guru–śiṣya paramparā, not merely texts. pragyata.com/category-error…

Accidents aren’t random; they reflect limits of human knowledge and, beyond that, the play of a deeper order. From philosophy to scripture, this essay by @anshul_aliganj explores how ignorance conceals and grace reveals the truth behind “chance.” pragyata.com/accident-a-phi…

After the fall of the Kakatiyas, Telugu land rose in revolt under the Musunuri Nayakas. Prolaya and Kapaya Nayaka drove out invaders and restored dharma, but betrayal and disunity led to a tragic end. Author @SadaaShree recounts this saga. pragyata.com/the-story-of-t…

This paper by @leepkar challenges claims that Bengali and other vernacular languages flourished only under Islamic rule and shows that patronage to vernaculars was extended by Hindu kings well before the advent of Islam. pragyata.com/the-two-stream…

The Mahabharata is more than an epic. This article explores the Mahabharata as a civilizational framework that examines Dharma, power, and human consciousness, offering timeless insights into moral complexity and responsibility in society. pragyata.com/the-mahabharat…

From a mustard-maroon saree to curtains, cushions, and an album cover - Charu Uppal’s "Nuwari of a Story!" traces how one piece of fabric carries sisterhood, memory, and the quiet sustainability of families that transform rather than discard. pragyata.com/nuwari-of-a-st…

Aryan Anand argues that the UGC guidelines reflect Western critical theory’s oppressor–oppressed binaries applied to India’s complex caste realities. Such frameworks, he warns, risk deepening social divisions instead of addressing them. pragyata.com/inventing-the-…

Is A.R. Rahman’s “communal” remark a slip or a signal? This essay by Sriram Chellapilla situates it within a broader minority-progressive narrative where selective outrage and strategic silence shape India’s global image. pragyata.com/gaffe-or-gambi…

When sacred institutions become revenue machines, rituals erode, communities are displaced, and civilizational continuity is broken. Temples must return to devotees, Dharma, and disciplined preservation. @rema_raghav writes on India’s temple crisis. pragyata.com/inside-the-tem…

Celebrity outrage often masks ideological signalling. This essay by Sriram Chellapilla dissects how NGOs, media and celebrity activism selectively invoke “free speech” to defend preferred narratives, exposing hypocrisy in India’s narrative ecosystem. pragyata.com/an-air-of-soci…

This article by Sriram Chellapilla is a sharp commentary dismantling Naseeruddin Shah’s claims on Aurangzeb, exposing misrepresentation and selective outrage while showing how Hindu critique is branded as hate and minority fundamentalism is minimized. pragyata.com/communal-echoe…

In this article, author Pavan Kumar writes that Yoga is not suppression but the disciplined stilling of mental fluctuations (citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ). As vṛttis settle into their source, puruṣa is revealed, abiding in its own unchanging svarūpa. pragyata.com/citta-v%e1%b9%…

What we call “matter” isn’t fundamental reality. As @Priyvratgadhvi explains, everything we see, from humans to stars, is an excitation of quantum fields. Modern physics is echoing Advaita Vedanta - multiplicity is apparent, the underlying truth is One. pragyata.com/explorations-o…

This article by @rema_raghav explains how the ancient technique of Kadusarkara Yogam in Kerala builds the deity stage by stage inside the Garbhagriha, mirroring the human body’s systems. An ancient science kept alive by master shilpis. pragyata.com/kadusarkara-yo…

The Charvaka tradition is often dismissed as crude hedonism, but the author Arjun Vivekananda argues that pleasure need not be demonised, nor morality monopolised by ascetic ideals. pragyata.com/tyranny-of-asc…

This article by Sriram Chellapilla exposes how actor Naseeruddin Shah’s public interventions reveal a pattern of selective outrage that shields minorities while painting Hindus as the problem, gaslighting the entire community. pragyata.com/naseeruddin-sh…

This essay by Garikapati Pavan Kumar, written with a commitment to śāstric clarity and philosophical depth, explores the Vedic and Upaniṣadic foundations of Yoga. pragyata.com/yoga-darsana-t…

Was Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan truly the “Frontier Gandhi”, a liberal humanist wronged by history, or a devout fanatic disguised in Gandhian robes? This essay by Maisuru Raghavendra revisits that question. pragyata.com/khan-abdul-gha…

For decades, India’s cultural narrative was shaped by an ecosystem that equated Hinduism with regressiveness while glorifying Western and minority identities. Today, Hindus are awakening to the distortion. Sriram Chellapilla elaborates in this sequel. pragyata.com/minority-progr…