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@BBCNews is starting a documentary series on "The Most Powerful Women". The first episode is on Alokananda Roy. Ask a self proclaimed ideal pseudo bong on social media & you will get a blank stare who she is.
Anyway, Alokananda Di (as I call her) & I are spiritually........ 1/n
https://x.com/BjornQuixote/status/1923670120808792189?t=mLnKZvBg5yK44gTz7J124w&s=19
7/ Visa extortion hit non-Indian pioneers: visa letters denied unless residents paid arbitrary fees, prominent Aurovilians evicted as warnings, decades-long residents left in fear. This violates Auroville's international spirit.
https://x.com/aurovilleunity/status/1923721015122682265?t=oFeHUcHNjiosK3-6LCH5aw&s=19
@AmitShah ,@PMOIndia Sri Aurobindo’s pupil who spent his life in service of fulfilling his guru’s projects would be a patriot of the highest order… request you to consider his advanced age of 86 years
https://x.com/BharatJhaveri2/status/1923767942464012649?t=NEAQky-HyMiKbvslhe4lJQ&s=19
The word “login” comes from throwing a log attached to a rope with knots overboard a ship to see how many knots go by over time (see also, knots as speed). You’d then put that info in the “log book.” You’d “log in” on a regular basis. This wasn’t from 1959, it was likely from 1689! Etymology baby!
https://bsky.app/profile/scott.hanselman.com/post/3lpe2g2dgvc24
Highly recommend this smashing book by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social. It’s not just about America, but about how capitalism everywhere works.
https://bsky.app/profile/rahulabhatia.bsky.social/post/3lpefnolpwc27
[PDF] Udaya Shankar Mishra, Sunil Rajpal and William Joe
J May, M Baum, S Bewley - Homeopathy
… A closer look at state trends revealed that ayurveda flourishes in Kerala, while, Uttarakhand and Haryana emphasize yoga, another integral component of AYUSH. Conversely, due to limited healthcare access and historical factors, Uttar Pradesh …
[PDF] Ayurvedic and yogic interventions for stress-related disorders: A review
N Khumalo - Journal of Swasthavritta and Yoga, 2025
Stress-related disorders such as anxiety, depression, and psychosomatic conditions are increasingly prevalent in the modern world. Ayurveda and Yoga, two complementary disciplines rooted in Indian philosophy and science, offer a holistic …
[HTML] Bridging the knowledge-practice gap: A cross-sectional survey assessing physician knowledge, attitude and practice toward complementary and alternative medicine
S Salih, TA Jawahi, RH Al Salem, SA Alhazmi… - PloS one, 2025
… In Arab and Islamic regions, CAM therapies represent an integral part of religious and cultural traditions. Black seed and honey have shown promising outcomes due to their antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting properties [7] …
Reconnect: A mind–body experience in Evora
R Alessandrini - Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 2025
… It began with the projection of a presentation intended as a brief introduction to literature on mindfulness protocols, yoga philosophy, the … body becomes a centre of administrative power, a visible representation of self-identity and an integral part …
[HTML] Nurturing Mind, Body, and Spirit
V Jahandari
… It differs from other movement forms, such as yoga or gymnastics, in that it translates creative cognition into action. Dance is influenced by its … Music and dance are integral to daily life and have well-established roles in promoting health …
Civilizational Populism and the War on Elites
I Yilmaz, N Morieson - Weaponizing Civilizationalism for Authoritarianism, 2025
… the Hindutva movement. While this battle is ongoing, the BJP’s decade in power has reshaped Indian society, mainstreaming Hindutva … The BJP did not merely seek to replace Congress as the ruling party but aimed to dismantle the secular …
Majoritarian Authoritarian Populism: How Civilizational Populists Define 'The People'
I Yilmaz, N Morieson - Weaponizing Civilizationalism for Authoritarianism, 2025
… While Hindutva had always been part of its ideology, it was under Modi that the BJP fully merged Hindutva with populism, constructing a political narrative that linked Hindu identity to Indian nationalism. This perspective effectively excludes non-Hindus—or …
Challenging the Liberal Order: How Civilizational Authoritarian Populists Conduct Foreign Policy
I Yilmaz, N Morieson - Weaponizing Civilizationalism for Authoritarianism, 2025
… Equally, Modi’s externalizing of populism, then, or the BJP’s Hindutva-based populism, turns India into the center of the Indian world and … Yet Modi and the BJP are not content to be bound by Hindutva conceptions of India as the core state of …
Sacred Boundaries: Religion in Civilizational Authoritarian Populism
I Yilmaz, N Morieson - Weaponizing Civilizationalism for Authoritarianism, 2025
… But when we attempt to investigate into the essential significance of Hindutva, we do not primarily—and certainly not mainly—concern … in Hindutva, a philosophy that describes the very land of India (not merely the nation-state, but historical ‘Bharat’) …
From Nation to Civilization: How Populist Leaders Define 'The People'
I Yilmaz, N Morieson - Weaponizing Civilizationalism for Authoritarianism, 2025
… In a 2002 speech, Vajpayee articulated a core Hindutva distinction between us and them, … himself from the more extreme elements of Hindutva, especially after the 2002 Gujarat riots. … However, the party’s ideological foundation remained …
Enemies of Civilization: The Role of 'Dangerous Others' in Populist Politics
I Yilmaz, N Morieson - Weaponizing Civilizationalism for Authoritarianism, 2025
This chapter explores the role of ‘dangerous others’ in civilizational authoritarian populist discourse. In Putin’s Russia, liberal, pro-Western Russians are depicted as threats undermining Russian power and Orthodox traditions, while any opposition …
Book review: Vasanthi Raman, The World of the Banaras Weaver: A Culture in Crisis
T Fatima - 2025
… The second edition focuses on the changes that have occurred in the decade since the first edition, the rise of the political ideology of Hindutva, especially in the context of the current neo-liberal paradigm of economy and development. The …
[PDF] The Multiple Lives of Caste
J Cabalion - Economic & Political Weekly, 2025
… The rise of Hindutva, a political ideology promoting Hindu unity, sought to address caste divisions by incorporating marginalised groups … This section shows how caste continues to be an “irritant” to Hindutva’s vision of Hindu unity, even as …
Advance Praise
J Lee
… highlights how state institutions evade the documentation of caste power, the continued institutionalization of castelessness—which frames caste as a problem of the oppressed and hides caste privilege and power—and ongoing efforts at resisting …
NEP 2020: Transcending Indian Ethos and Values towards Creating a Global Knowledge Society
K Mishra, R Kumar - New Education Policy, Sustainable Development and …, 2025
NEP 2020 is an end-to-end educational roadmap for the country that provides an integrated, multidisciplinary, and holistic approach to education. The spirit of this policy document is very much driven by the glorious Indian tradition of education. It …Aurobindo outlined the five secondary goals for education: physical, spiritual, moral, mental, and psychological growth, which he eventually termed Integral Education. Education is the process of developing one’s physical, vital, spiritual …
[PDF] The Impact of Parenting Style on Ego Identity and Stress Levels among Adults
S Singh, L Chhabra, R Limaye
Parenting style refers to the consistent behaviours and dispositions parents exhibit based on their beliefs about what is appropriate in guiding their children’s development. Ego identity status is an individual’s current self-perception, including …
[PDF] The principal teaching of the Śrīmadbhagavadgītā
NK Roy - 2025
We come across a burning controversy among scholars regarding the principal teaching of the Bhagavadgītā. Some scholars think that the principal teaching of the Bhagavadgītā is jñānayoga. All other yogas are just the helping conditions to …
[HTML] Early life
J Phule, J Phule
Jyotirao Phule, also known as Jyotiba Phule, was born in Satara District in 1827 to a family that belonged to the Hindu Mali caste.[11] The Malis traditionally worked as fruit and vegetable growers. In the four-fold varna system of caste hierarchy, they …
metaphysics: Touchpoints
G Flood - Doing Metaphysics in a Diverse World: How We Make …, 2025 - books.google.com
There is no Sanskrit word that directly translates' metaphysics, but Indian philosophy expressed through the medium of Sanskrit, along with pre-philosophical scriptures and …
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