Āṣāḍha Amāvasyā: When the Moon Disappears, Turn Inward
Today is Āṣāḍha Amāvasyā — the new moon. When the moon disappears from the night sky, our dhārmic traditions read it as an invitation to tur...
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20 of 334 episodesThe Oldest Motivational Quote in the World — And Everyone Names the Wrong Source (WALK · Charaiveti)
"Charaiveti, charaiveti" — keep walking — may be the oldest motivational line in the world, and it is almost universally misattributed to th...
"Arise, Awake" — The Warning the Famous Quote Leaves Out | Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.14
"Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached" is one of the most quoted lines in modern India — but only the first half comes from t...
Jekyll & Hyde vs. the Bhagavad Gita: Who Got the Monster Right?
In 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson gave the West its defining story of the divided self — Dr. Jekyll drinks a potion to split the monster from...
Why Tesla Described the Universe in Sanskrit
Nikola Tesla was born 170 years ago today — July 10, 1856. In 1896, in New York, he met Swami Vivekananda, and by Vivekananda's own letter f...
The Ramayana Never Left Indonesia — Prambanan & the Kakawin Rāmāyaṇa
Prambanan (9th century; a UNESCO World Heritage Site) is Indonesia's largest Hindu temple complex, raised for Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma. Aro...
Gita 2.48 — Deadline Stress का Sanskrit जवाब | योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि S
Deadline पर panic होता है? 2,000 साल पहले श्रीकृष्ण ने इसका जवाब दिया — भगवद्गीता 2.48. योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय। सिद्ध्य...
What Is "Captain Cool" in Sanskrit? Dhoni at 45 and the Gītā's Sthitaprajña
MS Dhoni turns 45 today — and the calm the world calls "Captain Cool" has a 2,000-year-old name. In the Bhagavad Gītā (2.54–72), Krishna des...
The Dalai Lama's Buddhism Is Indian — The Nalanda Tradition
The Dalai Lama turns 91 — and he consistently describes his tradition not as Tibetan but as the Nalanda tradition of India: the lineage of N...
From Śarkarā to Sugar — The Ancient Indian Word in Your Fuel Tank
India's internet is arguing about E20 petrol — the 20% ethanol blend. That "E" is ethanol, and ethanol comes from sugarcane. Which makes it,...
Two Kinds of Freedom: Vivekananda and the Fourth of July
Every Fourth of July, the world remembers a nation declaring its freedom. There is a second kind of freedom tied to the same date. On July 4...
Fakiri — The Seeker's Search | A Poem in Kabir's Spirit
"मन लागो मेरो यार, फ़कीरी में" — my heart is set, O friend, on the fakir's way. Fakiri isn't poverty. It's vairagya — the freedom of wanting...
India Had Surgeons 2,000 Years Ago — The Roots of Doctors' Day #Shorts
July 1 is India's National Doctors' Day — marked on the anniversary of Dr. B.C. Roy, Mahatma Gandhi's physician. But India's story of healin...
Qataraa — A Single Drop That Wants to Be the River | #ProfPankajKavita
A single drop refused to stay a drop. Qataraa (क़तरा) is an original Urdu poem by Prof. Pankaj Jain, written in conversation with Gulzar's "...
Bengal's Egg War: What "Sattvik" Really Means
A boiled egg has become a political flashpoint in Bengal — they're calling it "Dimocracy." But the word at the center of it, sattvik , isn't...
🌾 मिट्टी और सोना · MITTI AUR SONA — "Soil and Gold"
🌾 मिट्टी और सोना · MITTI AUR SONA — "Soil and Gold" I had just landed in America. At a party, an NRI stood and recited a poem mocking India...
Finding Your Roots: Prof. Pankaj Jain on Dharma and Identity (Part 1)
What happens to a generation that does yoga and celebrates Diwali — but couldn't tell you what the Gita actually says? In Part 1 of this con...
Ardhanarishvara in 75 Seconds
Ardhanarishvara is more than devotional imagery. It is a sculpted metaphysical thesis on the unity of consciousness and energy. This short e...
अग्नि · Agni, in homage to Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan's Agneepath
Starting a new series — my original Hindi & Urdu poems, each in conversation with the voices that shaped me. 🔥First up: अग्नि · Agni, in ho...
He Walked Barefoot for a Dream | Malaviya & BHU
Madan Mohan Malaviya’s inspiring journey of building Banaras Hindu University shows the power of vision, humility, and Dharma. From travelli...