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Let’s Learn About Mahaperiyava
By Amrita Ramaswamy apara karuna sindhum jnadam shantharupinam shrI candrashekhara gurum pranamami mudannvaham Meaning: I am meditating day and night on Guru Chandra shekara, Who is the limitless ocean of peace, one who grants wisdom and has a peaceful form. Jagadguru...
The Other Kashmir- Guidelines on Literary Beauty from Kashmir to the Rest of India
The Other Kashmir- Guidelines on Literary Beauty from Kashmir to the Rest of India A simple google search would verify the fact that the conversations on Kashmir are laden with feud and factionalism, murders and mayhem, and terrorism and tumult. So much so that one is...
Pakistani Army Killed Palestinian
“My conscience will never allow me to accept Israel, which is responsible for so many atrocities against the Palestinian people", states the Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan in an interview. His statement comes as a response to the UAE entering into the Abraham...
What does International Law say about Kashmir?
What Does International Law Say About Kashmir? *** Present-day Kashmir, once home to flourishing Dharmic communities and thought, is now three separate territories – Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, China controlled Kashmir, which China obtained through a boundary...
Atrocities by the Army: An objective view
Citizens depend on their country to provide them protection from dangerous outside forces. A gargantuan task, managed through the government’s military. To tackle such a task, armies are given a position of power, and therefore must display trust and responsibility....
Dharmic Management of Temples
Credit: Swarajya Magazine Most non-Hindus and even many Hindus have a limited understanding of Hindu temples and their role in society. Hindu temples are not just 'houses of worship’ as they are known in Abrahamic religions. They are in their basic element embodiment...
Dogras of Jammu and Kashmir: Their Culture, History, & Traditions
Introduction The Dogras are a community of Hindu Rajputs who emigrated into the Jammu region from Rajasthan around the time of Alexander’s invasion. They are said to have moved into the area to help fight against the foreign armies. They are Suryavanshi, meaning that...
Who Really Wants Azaadi?
The slogan Azadi first became prominent in Kashmir when Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani prime minister coined the chant in a 1990 speech, the height of Kashmir’s insurgency where militants ran rampant in the streets urging Pandits to convert, flee or be killed. The...
Dispatch: An Exclusionary, Majoritarian ‘Azaadi’ Is Not The Solution For Kashmir
Author: Samyukta Singh For many people, the solution to the de-escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan is giving Kashmiris a right to self-determination. In its original use, self-determination was defined as popular sovereignty, where people have the right...
Vanchinathan: The Tamil Revolutionary
Violent revolutionary incidents, although not widely talked about in South India or South Asia during the British rule, often occurred and provided revolutionary support for the liberation of South Asians. One such incident was the political assasination of Robert...
Gaslighting Of Kashmiri Hindus: The Jagmohan Theory
Who was Jagmohan & How Is He Tied To Kashmiris Hindus? Jagmohan Malhotra was the former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir twice between 1984 and 1990. The day Jagmohan was appointed Governor the second time was the same day Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus) mark as the...
A View Of Srinagar, 1872
Author: Jana Kaul A view of Srinagar, 1872 is a painting by Bishan Singh. In 1872, the masterpiece painting shown above was created by a renowned Sikh artist from Amritsar, Baba Bishen Singh. Using opaque pigments and gold on paper, he has brilliantly tried to depict...
