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20 July 2024

• 01:2901:29, 20 July 2024 diff hist +5,530‎ N Makar Sankranti - The Worship of Bhagavan Surya ‎ Created page with " Often, owing to a loss of cultural meaning-making mechanisms, we are unable to understand the deeper significance of our festivals. We celebrate them superficially and fail to understand the traditions in their entirety. What makes most of the utsavas of Bharat beautiful is that they have different manifestations in various parts of the country. Some of them are also celebrated in far-away lands, signifying the spread of Hindu culture. Makar Sankrant possesses immense i..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:2801:28, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Vasant Panchami - Celebrating Knowledge and Wisdom ‎No edit summary current
• 01:2801:28, 20 July 2024 diff hist +5,183‎ N Vasant Panchami - Celebrating Knowledge and Wisdom ‎ Created page with " Often, owing to a loss of cultural meaning-making mechanisms, we are unable to understand the deeper significance of our festivals. We celebrate them superficially and fail to understand the traditions in their entirety. What makes most of the utsavas of Bharat beautiful is that they have different manifestations in various parts of the country. Some of them are also celebrated in far-away lands, signifying the spread of Hindu culture. Vasant Panchami, is one such. Alth..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:2701:27, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Months of The Hindu Calendar - Significance and Festivals Part 2 ‎No edit summary current
• 01:2701:27, 20 July 2024 diff hist +9,146‎ N The Months of The Hindu Calendar - Significance and Festivals Part 2 ‎ Created page with "==== Asvina & Karthika ==== According to the Amanta tradition, Deepavali begins with Govatsa Dwadashi or Vasu Baaras in Asvina, continuing with Dhana Trayodashi, Lakshmi Puja and Naraka Chaturdashi and culminates with Govardhana Puja and Bhai Dooja or Yama Dwitiya in the month of Karthika. Karwa Chauth and Ahoi Ashtami are two other festivals that fall in Asvina according to the Amanta tradition. Women observe a strict fast for the well-being of their children in Northe..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:2501:25, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Months of The Hindu Calendar - Significance and Festivals Part 1 ‎No edit summary current
• 01:2501:25, 20 July 2024 diff hist +10,047‎ N The Months of The Hindu Calendar - Significance and Festivals Part 1 ‎ Created page with "==== Introduction - The Hindu Panchanga ==== Based on the motion of the moon, the Hindu Lunar Calendar has 354 days and 12 months. It is traditionally known as the panchanga. Interestingly, there are different yet equally intricate versions of this calendar as per the geographic region of the country. For example, we also have the Tamil and Malayalam panchanga where the festivals and months differ slightly. The two commonly used calendars are Shaka Samvata and Vikrama..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:2201:22, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Cultural Representation in Media - An Analysis & Way Forward ‎No edit summary current
• 01:2201:22, 20 July 2024 diff hist +16,410‎ N Cultural Representation in Media - An Analysis & Way Forward ‎ Created page with "<blockquote>Indian architecture, painting, sculpture are not only intimately one in inspiration with the central things in Indian philosophy, religion, Yoga, culture, but a specially intense expression of their significance. Indian art in fact is identical in its spiritual aim and principle with the rest of Indian culture. Śrī Aurobindo</blockquote> ==== Culture and Representations of Cultural Ideas ==== The elegant cave paintings of Ajanta and Ellora; The great sc..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:1401:14, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Veer Savarkar: Inside Enemy Camp Part 2 ‎No edit summary current
• 01:1401:14, 20 July 2024 diff hist +14,611‎ N Veer Savarkar: Inside Enemy Camp Part 2 ‎ Created page with "==== Madan Lal Dhingra ==== Born on February 18, 1883, in Amritsar, Punjab, into a prosperous family, Dhingra completed his early education in India before moving to England to study engineering at University College London. Initially leading a life marked by ease and epicurean pursuits, Dhingra underwent a profound transformation upon encountering Savarkar4. Under Savarkar’s influence, Dhingra developed a fiery revolutionary fervor. He embraced the belief that the lib..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:1101:11, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Veer Savarkar: Inside Enemy Camp Part 1 ‎No edit summary current
• 01:1001:10, 20 July 2024 diff hist +16,839‎ N Veer Savarkar: Inside Enemy Camp Part 1 ‎ Created page with "<blockquote>In the name of God, In the name of Bharat Mata, In the name of all the Martyrs that have shed their blood for Bharat Mata, By the Love, innate in all men and women, that I bear to the land of my birth, wherein lie the sacred ashes of my forefathers, and which is the cradle of my children, by the tears of Hindi Mothers for their children whom the Foreigner has enslaved, imprisoned, tortured, and killed, I, … convinced that without Absolute Political Indep..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:0501:05, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Codification of Law in India, Part 2 ‎No edit summary current
• 01:0501:05, 20 July 2024 diff hist +13,708‎ N Codification of Law in India, Part 2 ‎ Created page with "==== Codification of Criminal Law ==== Four Indian Law Commissions worked intermittently on the Anglo-Indian Codes from 1834 to 1879. One of the most important contributions of the first Law Commission was the Indian Penal Code, submitted by Macaulay in 1837 and passed into law in 1860. Codification of the criminal law did not stem from an ongoing reform process but from prevalent legal ideas about “native feelings and prejudices.” Colonial lawmakers such as Macaulay..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:0401:04, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Codification of Law in India, Part 1 ‎No edit summary current
• 01:0401:04, 20 July 2024 diff hist +9,232‎ N Codification of Law in India, Part 1 ‎ Created page with "<blockquote>The common law is not a brooding omnipresence in the sky, but the articulate voice of some sovereign. * Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Southern Pacific Co v Jenson 1916: 222.</blockquote>This article is part of a series on the codification of law in India which explores the colonial-imperial project of the codification of law, and its effect and continuing relevance, especially in light of the recent decolonisation narrative surrounding the recent enactment..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:5800:58, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Hindu Matha: A Introduction ‎No edit summary current
• 00:5800:58, 20 July 2024 diff hist +8,217‎ N The Hindu Matha: A Introduction ‎ Created page with " In the 21st century, India is touted as the land of ‘spiritual tourism’. One cannot go a few kilometres without finding a temple or other dharmic structure. Indians have been called as relentless temple builders by medieval tourists. A temple is not just a brick and stone structure. It functions on various other planes than the formal religious one. When a social institution develops around the sacred precincts of a temple, it becomes a ‘Matha’ or an ‘ashram..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:5500:55, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Mandapika Shrines of Morena ‎No edit summary current
• 00:5500:55, 20 July 2024 diff hist +9,085‎ N The Mandapika Shrines of Morena ‎ Created page with " The ancient Hindu temples of Morena do not date back to any one era. One can find temples from the earliest period of Hindu temple architecture in Morena till the 14th century—that is a period spanning around seven centuries. It shows that Morena had a deep seated tradition of temple building which sustained over centuries, despite many odds. The seventh century mandapika shrines of Paroli and Indra ki Khiravali show that even in the earliest times, Morena was a gre..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:5300:53, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Morena: The Architectural Workshop of the Gurjara-Pratiharas ‎No edit summary current
• 00:5300:53, 20 July 2024 diff hist +10,413‎ N Morena: The Architectural Workshop of the Gurjara-Pratiharas ‎ Created page with " If there is one dynasty in north India which has left a lasting imprint on the architectural style of the region than any other, it is the Gurjara-Pratiharas. Morena was no exception. More than half of the great temples of Morena were built by the Gurjara-Pratiharas, or inspired by their architectural style. ==== The Great Laboratory of Naresar ==== There is a group of around 22 temples in the Naresar village in Morena district. These temples were built in the 8th c..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:5000:50, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Kachhapaghata Wonders of Morena ‎No edit summary current
• 00:5000:50, 20 July 2024 diff hist +8,576‎ N The Kachhapaghata Wonders of Morena ‎ Created page with " Morena witnessed the last great bout of temple-building activity in the Kachhapaghata Era, lasting from late 10th century to late 12th century C.E. The tradition of building great temples in Morena under the Gurjara-Pratiharas was preserved when the region came to be ruled by the Kachhapaghatas. They were a regional dynasty who had accepted the vassalage of the Gurjara-Pratiharas. However, the Pratiharas were weakening in the 10th century C.E. Many regional vassals f..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:4800:48, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Indic Vs Western Art: The Painter In The Painting - Part 2 ‎No edit summary current
• 00:4800:48, 20 July 2024 diff hist +8,852‎ N Indic Vs Western Art: The Painter In The Painting - Part 2 ‎ Created page with "==== ART RECEDES INTO THE EGO OF THE ARTIST ==== By the time of the Impressionists most of the creative ideas to tweak a painting had been exhausted. However, the Impressionists hit upon an amazing technique. They argued that from a distance, the vision is not clear and the objects blur into each other, giving an ‘impression’ of various objects. They argued that the artist has to create a scene as it ‘appears to the eye from a distance’ and not as it is. The Imp..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:4600:46, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Indic Vs Western Art: The Painter In The Painting - Part 1 ‎No edit summary current
• 00:4600:46, 20 July 2024 diff hist +7,241‎ N Indic Vs Western Art: The Painter In The Painting - Part 1 ‎ Created page with " Painting is perhaps the oldest form of art that has been with us since the Cro-Magnon man started making rock paintings. Some of the oldest are to be found in India too at Bhimbetka. In the classical era, we find rock murals in China, in Central Asia and paintings on pottery in ancient Greece. In India, there are rock paintings in many places in the south. The era matures with the illustrious age of the Thanjavur wall paintings which were done on walls of the Great Temp..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:4000:40, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Artist In The Art ‎No edit summary current
• 00:4000:40, 20 July 2024 diff hist +12,749‎ N The Artist In The Art ‎ Created page with "==== The Mystery of the Nameless Art ==== One of the most enduring questions about ancient Indian art is: why is the art nameless? Where is the signature on the sculpture? The name of the architect on the temple? Where is the Artist in the Art? The mystery of the nameless artist is not confined to India. Almost every traditional society before the Renaissance did not care about the individual artist. Most of the exquisite Greek sculpture is nameless. It begs the questio..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:3700:37, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Author in Literature Part 2 ‎No edit summary current
• 00:3700:37, 20 July 2024 diff hist +12,338‎ N The Author in Literature Part 2 ‎ Created page with "==== There is No New Story ==== While other disciplines of ancient art like sculpture, architecture, or painting seldom bore the name of the artist, literature is a discipline in which the creator’s name has been relatively more present. In Greece, the three greatest of the ancient playwrights – Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles – were all known by their names. The same was true about poets like Homer or Ovid. In India the playwrights were famous by their names..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:3600:36, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Author in Literature Part 1 ‎No edit summary current
• 00:3600:36, 20 July 2024 diff hist +11,435‎ N The Author in Literature Part 1 ‎ Created page with "==== Deconstructing the Novel ==== One of the greatest ‘agents of change’, the foremost of avante garde writers of the early 20th century was James Joyce. He was undoubtedly one of the greatest literary minds ever born. Dubliners, one of his early works, is one of the most beautiful odes to a place. It is the story of a place, more than its people. It is something authors wanting to write about a place dream to achieve. But it was James Joyce who, because of his tal..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:3200:32, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Return of Aesthetics ‎No edit summary current
• 00:3200:32, 20 July 2024 diff hist +11,997‎ N The Return of Aesthetics ‎ Created page with " In the previous five articles, we saw how the introduction of the artist in the art led to its ultimate degeneration leading to modernist and postmodernist art. This happened due to the destruction of meaning and purpose in the post-Enlightenment world. The divine inspiration had already been eliminated after the Judeo-Christian conquest of Europe two centuries ago. In this concluding article of this series, we will observe a curious phenomenon of the 21st century. Th..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:2900:29, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Musician in the Music Part 2 ‎No edit summary current
• 00:2800:28, 20 July 2024 diff hist +12,221‎ N The Musician in the Music Part 2 ‎ Created page with "==== Ideology and Politics Overcome Musical Tradition ==== The trend to violate the most classical rules of music had started. Composers started creating music based on dissonance, ambiguity and atonality. All of these new ‘techniques’ were actually considered faults in classical music. But modern composers turned them into bedrocks of their musical ‘innovations’. The results were more often than not were unpleasant and not pleasing to the ear but ‘judging mus..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:2700:27, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Musician in the Music Part 1 ‎No edit summary current
• 00:2700:27, 20 July 2024 diff hist +8,617‎ N The Musician in the Music Part 1 ‎ Created page with "==== The Traditional Artist ==== Music is most universally popular of all arts and yet one of the most difficult to master. In music too, the ideas that have been discussed in ‘The Artist in the Art’ series have led to a general degradation. Before we go into the trends that took western music to its present situation let us discuss just one brief situation with Indian music. Music is an art form in India in which the entire tradition continues even today, though in..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:2300:23, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Chef In The Food Part 2 ‎No edit summary current
• 00:2300:23, 20 July 2024 diff hist +7,442‎ N The Chef In The Food Part 2 ‎ Created page with "==== Revisiting the Ancient Dilemma: What to Eat? ==== For millennia, ever since the onset of culture, man has had no problem in thinking of what to eat for dinner. The menu was pretty fixed given the things available in a certain season and region. It was considered a mark of culture not having to think about what to eat for dinner. It signaled prosperity. For only, the very poor or the very deficient had to think about what to eat. The prosperous always had the familia..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:2100:21, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ The Chef In The Food Part 1 ‎No edit summary current
• 00:2100:21, 20 July 2024 diff hist +8,380‎ N The Chef In The Food Part 1 ‎ Created page with " While all else has been ‘deconstructed’ in the ‘post-modernist era’, food is one of the two things that have survived modernist deconstruction, the other being sex. Consequently, one would think that food escaped the ‘Artist in the Art’ trajectory. But this is not so. Food suffered from the same introduction of the artist and the destruction of food culture. ==== The Dharma of Food ==== The goal of a cook in a traditional culture, where cooking has not bee..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:1400:14, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Aesthetics Vs. Meaning Part V: The Architect in Architecture ‎No edit summary
• 00:1400:14, 20 July 2024 diff hist +14,247‎ N Aesthetics Vs. Meaning Part V: The Architect in Architecture ‎ Created page with "==== Global Movements in Architecture ==== With the arrival of the colonial age, global movements also started arising. Many claim Baroque to be a first truly global movement, but its transplantation on other continents like South and North America was merely the work of the colonial masters. It was the Eclecticism of the 19th century that truly declared the directionless character of modern architecture. Proud proclamation of the incorporation of whatever elements that..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:1200:12, 20 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Aesthetics Vs. Meaning Part III: The Architect in Architecture ‎No edit summary current
• 00:1200:12, 20 July 2024 diff hist +11,482‎ N Aesthetics Vs. Meaning Part III: The Architect in Architecture ‎ Created page with " In the last article, we saw how the Hindu temple is pulsating with meaning and speaks the language of spiritual symbolism through every structural part of its architecture. We also saw how Islamic architecture in India, despite being aesthetically exquisite, failed to convey higher truths of life and existence to its visitors. We studied how Christianity destroyed the spiritual foundation of sacred architecture in Europe. In the second part, we will see how the loss o..." Tag: Visual edit

19 July 2024

• 18:5718:57, 19 July 2024 diff hist +28‎ Aesthetics Vs. Meaning Part II: The Importance of Hindu Architecture ‎No edit summary