Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra
Though we are from an upper caste and reasonably well-off by rural standards, my parents and grandparents from both the sides of my family were unlettered. My native village Mangapet is remote, situated deep inside the forest and about 125 KMs from Warangal, our district headquarters town then.
https://x.com/MNageswarRaoIPS/status/1796582098775491024?t=EHngS-3nOM63Jy5lu1PT8w&s=19
Manu Smriti and Śūdras: Unveiling the Backbone of Hindu CivilisationBelow are links to my two-part article, of the above title, published by @TheHansIndiaWeb on May 11 and 18, 2025.
epaper.thehansindia.com/Home/ShareArti… (Part-2)
epaper.thehansindia.com/Home/ShareArti… (Part-1)
https://x.com/MNageswarRaoIPS/status/1924037700426109306?t=HAO_N06Ef0Uf9UKqNfdUCA&s=19
This is inevitable when your society and families are atomised with no fellow feeling, and when you open up your colonies, mohallas, roads, streets, lanes and even houses and Temples; and outsource security of your individual and collective life and property.
https://x.com/MNageswarRaoIPS/status/1509160404861161474?t=QwnSFo9KS_wYaIzvWf7xBA&s=19
Capitalism slaughters the sacred, dissolves the village, and severs the caste and filial bond. What tradition binds in duty, capitalism liberates as contract.
https://x.com/thevictorharsh/status/1924131811019595835?t=cF8j-vsxJSmINZ-mmrKBcw&s=19
In this conversation, Diganta Chakraborty dismantles myths around the RSS, tracing its roots from Dr. Hedgewar’s patriotism to its century-long legacy of unity, service & Sanatan values.
#SangamTalks
https://x.com/sangamtalks/status/1924013210111205429?t=ucelVQtvnNrenxddlxGmYg&s=19
Discussion Map | Mixing Science and Spiritualism: The Curious Case of Indian Modernity
https://x.com/epw_in/status/1924034802514038852?t=gm4zD87T4sfvGmo_wob98w&s=19
#OPINION | Whether it comes from the Left or the Right, we must create safe spaces for criticism. Modernity depends on it. Intermedial hermeneutics offers a way out, writes @MakrandParanspe.
@santwana99
https://x.com/NewIndianXpress/status/1912710107378684108?t=tYOW8RKt6mTq62uQAqp7rQ&s=19
The prestige of science makes it very tempting to apply its theories to the humanities and #socialstudies. In India, we are especially prone to asserting that Indic wisdom is scientific, writes @MakrandParanspe t.ly/sCoyW
The Quantum Moment: The perils of applying scientific ideas to human experience, writes @MakrandParanspe t.ly/sCoyW
https://x.com/Openthemag/status/1914653159554998541?t=mpab797vXHzPva8TSaMtQA&s=19
The whole postmodernist, linguistic turn had behind it the thrust and prestige that came from the upending of classical physics by #quantummechanics, writes @MakrandParanspe t.ly/sCoyW
https://x.com/Openthemag/status/1915015799091417142?t=m1WgMaLIczP9C6eiSBcHCQ&s=19
Women were historically excluded from health studies on the grounds that hormone fluctuations introduced "noise" into the data, and this has left us with a lack of understanding about a range of conditions
https://x.com/newscientist/status/1924068010110628158?t=aVw45vRZrZvoYWuCBmWMaA&s=19
Vatsyayana himself emphasises that Kama must harmonise with Dharma and artha, Hindus don't consider it a text pushing moral prudery.
Coming to—‘why cant adults make their own decision’—Man is entirely susceptible to indoctrination; you can normalise any debauchery through it.
Kamasutra is descriptive not prescriptive. Refer to the commentaries of Sri Yosodhara on the text. His Jayamangalā is published by Chaukhamba.
https://x.com/thevictorharsh/status/1923355967820824613?t=mHVwObQOJIBnmuVvleFTpQ&s=19
To a non-believer, anything clashing with their sensibilities is a stick to beat Religion. They will draw equivalences, reducing sacred traditions to mere profane acts—like viewing meat offered to Ma Kali as no different from meat consumed for pleasure, or sold for consumerism.
This tendency thrives under reformist zeal; for example resistance to publish texts like Raas Panchadhyayi, or claiming it as interpolation. This gaze wishes to superimpose post-enlightenment values upon Religion.
https://x.com/thevictorharsh/status/1923546921127322071?t=gg61PpmPuTnPXG5a7Utbxw&s=19
Most of traditional discourse was anchored around Dharma and less around this Freedom vs Equality binary. Overarching anchor was Dharma and not Freedom or Equality.
Contemporary spin is different ofcourse. Many are hell-bent in discovering freedom pro max and equality pro max principles within Dharmic discourse.
https://x.com/halleyji/status/1924111940026290459?t=I5CfzFK8Q2vAeNYbfZtaQA&s=19
The integral compact of a convertible has a brake, accelerator and a clutch & gear mechanism to make driving possible.
The Integral Compact of #Dharma has #freedom and #equality well incorporated without a "versus".
Can it ever be a #brake vs #accelerator debate?
https://x.com/lokkalyandas/status/1924120802414207342?t=94TcpVr_v5oqKzHGW4hoTA&s=19
Not a relic, but a rhythm - ‘Chatuh Shloki Manusmriti’ brings to light the integral vision of #dharma encoded in four foundational verses. With a traditional ṭīkā-style English commentary, Nithin Sridhar (@nkgrock ) navigates questions of authorship, coherence, and contextual conduct, showing #Manusmṛti as a living śāstra shaped by deśa, kāla, and lokācāra.
The erudite foreword by Padma Shree Prof. Bharat Gupt (@bharatgupt ) further situates this effort firmly within the flow of the Bhartiya Jñāna Paramparā.
#ChatuhShlokiManusmriti #IKS @IndicaOrg
https://x.com/indicatoday/status/1924125661008183399?t=ZaJKvtC_dyqeru9Ka0LR6w&s=19
"She’s one of the most important and most neglected 20th-century writers—hugely popular and bestselling but often underrated"
https://x.com/five_books/status/1924125407894249701?t=WpJC82R9gcH_4z1eqGjoQA&s=19
One of the delights of the last few years has been Prem Panicker's transformation from cricket writer to going deep into Indian politics. If you haven't subscribed to his Substack, get in. It's really worth your time. https://prempanicker.substack.com/p/tharoor-and-the-tall-poppy-syndrome
https://bsky.app/profile/rahulabhatia.bsky.social/post/3lphajrx74s2x
What’s for #tiffin today? An essential part of childhood, the concept also caters to in-between-meal snacks, writes Rahul Verma in The Tribune @thetribunechd #SpectrumTheTribune
https://x.com/thetribunechd/status/1924065178015908267?t=KMp38GLVAcmyzw4tmRNaug&s=19
Growing up in scarcity, we celebrated fertility in all its forms through our festivals and customs. Times have changed but our need to be surrounded by signs of fertility and abundance remains unchanged. Today in the TOI.
https://x.com/desaisantosh/status/1901497415267733910?t=4BtvdWvb04P5glUPr1aDlQ&s=19
It’s not easy being a man in today’s times- a refrain being heard more commonly nowadays. Exploring the truth behind this feeling, and where it comes from. On the current crisis that masculinity is going through. Today in the TOI
https://x.com/desaisantosh/status/1909176826448253324?t=seIS4it_g5YlpAtUGwdluA&s=19
On the egg and it’s many avatars. Today in the TOI
https://x.com/desaisantosh/status/1916726165311754407?t=LVRZ0lu2lpSvtVKhNpgXfA&s=19
How the OTP has become a gatekeeper of our lives. What it means and how it shapes us. In today’s TOI
https://x.com/desaisantosh/status/1919247491133763787?t=w_ssPQkyFNfVxMQm-TplXQ&s=19
Are we performing our lives, or living them? My TOI article today dives into the short-video phenomenon and its impact on Indian identity.
https://x.com/desaisantosh/status/1904034045186748768?t=C0Th3jt2CJOI0kp3r6HObw&s=19
Does technology amplify what we can do but diminish who we are? Today in the TOI
https://x.com/desaisantosh/status/1911657500023373913?t=9bjefHDhuyGJIQp2XbeFDA&s=19
Is technology nothing but outsourced evolution? What does the future hold? Will we craft an upgraded version of our species ourselves? Today in the TOI.
https://x.com/desaisantosh/status/1906561376195391534?t=Fwq7MlXrBfIrN5M8UvoTyQ&s=19
Every solution contains within the seed of a new problem. In a complex world, we need to move beyond the impulse to react. Today in the TOI
https://x.com/desaisantosh/status/1921788746371903703?t=GH1ciL9njgnJ-eeDNsCsOg&s=19
Peter Heehs has been writing since 1988 and has over a dozen books to his credit. His latest is The Mother: A Life of Sri Aurobindo's Spiritual Collaborator. Mirra Alfassa (1878 - 1973) came to meet Sri Aurobindo in Puducherry in 1914 and never looked back.
https://x.com/SavitriEra/status/1924091828875268434?t=v9ovpkPzL065HmpFGCd_vA&s=19
#SriAurobindo (1872 - 1950) can be remembered in diverse contexts but worshipping The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as the one Supreme Divine is the central principle of Savitri Era Religion. It considers their writings bound by the limitations of time and, therefore, avoids literalism.
https://x.com/SavitriEra/status/1924032553570177127?t=IT2JwwI8i3RmFpk0tY15Ig&s=19
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