Tagged: Raj-Dharma

On Hindutva & Liberalism..

In Lutyen’s Delhi hushed tones speak of a new bugbear in town. Such is the fear that even ardent & otherwise proud Hindus will try & avoid uttering the word – lest they be...

Understanding Raj-Dharma, Part 2

Several months ago, while idly surfing the web, I stumbled on a somewhat oddly titled monograph*. It read: “Passage to Hindu State: DharmaRajya and RajaDharma” – A Socio-Political Study of the Mahabharata” It was...

Reading the Bhagavad Gita…

The first post of 2010 – a brief excerpt from Chapter 3,  The Way of Action (emphasis mine): Arjuna asked: Hey God, if you feel that, wisdom is superior to action, Why are you...

Understanding Raj-Dharma

This post on Raj-Dharma should be read as a sequel to my recent post on Dharma. Like the previous one, this too is a collection of excerpts and notes on the subject from a...