Western Indology

The phone rings, man on the other side verifies if it is me. I politely enquire about the reason for his outreach. He introduces...

The controversy sparked by the wonderful Kannaḍa movie ‘Kantara’ & its depiction of daivārādhane, or the worship of protector spirits in the Tul̥u-speaking regions...

I came across a discussion on BVP that linked to a few leading western Indologists opining on the Sanskrit revival movement and the spoken...

In a letter written to Thomas Jefferson in 1814, John Adams— expressing his fear of the effects of factionalized electioneering on American political institutions— writes “Election...

Unfortunately in our country, the history that has been forced upon us has been propaganda of 'West', Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on...

I am afraid this is a misinterpretation of Panchayatana Puja on the lines of 'intra-pagan multi-culturalism'. The Temple is not a place for virtue-signaling. https://twitter.com/harshmadhusudan/status/1454711957391478784 This...

I have refrained from writing this thread, I should have written this while I was attending the very first Mahabharat Parvan class organised by...

Colonial Indologists, in tandem with colonial administrators, created a false entity known as the 'caste system' in India that subverted the traditional  jati-varna paradigm, and  has unfortunately become a deeply entrenched reality in the sociocultural fabric of contemporary Bharat...

Purva paksha or the  study of  opponents in a dialogue or debate from their frames of reference so as to make an informed rebuttal...

Hindu American parents in the town of Plano, Texas are trying to get the Plano ISD (Independent School District) to correct its textbooks that...