विविधता – परंपरा में/ आधुनिकता में (Part 2)
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Note: This is part 2 of an article written by Pawan Gupta for Madhumati, a journal published from Bikaner, Rajasthan वास्तविक्ता को दो पहलुओं में देखा समझा जाता है, ये एक दूसरे से कुछ उसी तरह जुड़े होते हैं, जैसे…
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Note: This is part 1 of an article written for Madhumati, a journal published from Bikaner, Rajasthan दुनिया एक भयंकर दौर से गुज़र रही है। पिछले 220/250 वर्षों से जो पट्टी हमें पढ़ाई गई है और जिन व्यवस्थाओं का निर्माण…
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The 100th birth anniversary of Shri Dharampalji is being celebrated this year with various programs. We at SIDH have been fortunate to have spent quality time with him over the years and have had the privilege to publish some of…
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A new book by S.N. Balagangadhara, Balu to his many admirers, has been published recently. Prof Balu is an original thinker and this new book presents his ideas in a manner accessible to a lay audience. Every time I listen…
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“In order to restore India to its pristine condition, we have to return to it. In our own civilization there will naturally be progress, retrogression, reforms, and reactions; but one effort is required, and that is to drive out Western…
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The following excerpts are from ‘The white sahibs in India’ by Reginald Reynolds, a book that we want to re-publish and popularize. The full book is available online here. Excerpt 1: Reference has already been made to the antiquity of…
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At SIDH we are thinking of publishing some books that we consider very important, that are not very well known and are currently out of print. ‘The white sahibs in India’ by Reginald Reynolds, first published in 1937, is the…
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(The following is an excerpt from the first part of the talk…) The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality in principle, leaving only the details to be filled in. This is a very…
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Pawanji says that he sometimes wonders how the illiterate see the world, because he finds himself forced to read everything he comes across – Billboards, road signs, shop names, books etc. We appear to largely live in a mental world…
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भारत में कभी साधारण ही श्रेष्ठ हुआ करते थे। आम कारीगर अपना मालिक था, किसी के मातहत काम नहीं करता था और ये कारीगर उन जातियों से होते थे जिन्हें आज हम पिछड़ा और दलित की श्रेणी में डाल दिये…
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This week we look at some excerpts from a SIDH publication, Learning at Bodhshala, that chronicles a unique educational experiment. I think that, in times to come, this book may become required reading for anyone trying to re-imagine a truly…
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