Author: TR Ramesh

  • Kartik Purnima 2025 Guide: Discover Essential Date, Puranmashi Timings & Sacred Rituals

    Kartik Purnima 2025 Guide: Discover Essential Date, Puranmashi Timings & Sacred Rituals

    Kartik Purnima 2025 (Purnima November 2025) falls on Wednesday, November 5 in India and marks the Full Moon of the Kartik month. As per North Indian Hindi calendars, it concludes Kartik Month and brings Kartik Snana to an end. Puranmashi timings vary by city and should be confirmed through a local Panchang or temple schedule.…

  • Discover the Complete, Historically Accurate Origins of India’s ConstitutionBeyond Ambedkar

    Discover the Complete, Historically Accurate Origins of India’s ConstitutionBeyond Ambedkar

    A recent public letter to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Shri B. R. Gavai, urges retiring the shorthand “Babasaheb’s Constitution” in favor of historically accurate terminology. The analysis explains how the Constitution was framed by the Constituent Assembly, drafted under Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s chairmanship, and informed by diverse Indian and comparative sources. It…

  • Proven Eco‑Conscious Disposal of Sacred Books and Photos: A Complete Dharmic Guide

    Proven Eco‑Conscious Disposal of Sacred Books and Photos: A Complete Dharmic Guide

    Disposing of sacred books, literature, and photos with respect and environmental care is both possible and necessary. This guide explains why legacy methods like immersion, open burning, or using a dry well or koba are environmentally harmful and often illegal. It outlines lawful, eco‑friendly alternatives grounded in Ahimsa, Aparigraha, and stewardship shared across Hinduism, Buddhism,…

  • Bhai Kanhaiya’s Secret of Seva: A Proven Lesson in Universal Compassion from Guru Gobind Singh

    Bhai Kanhaiya’s Secret of Seva: A Proven Lesson in Universal Compassion from Guru Gobind Singh

    This sakhi of Bhai Kanhaiya Ji presents a clear, historically grounded lesson in universal compassion. During a fierce battle, he served water to all wounded, reflecting Sikhism’s ethic of impartial seva. Guru Gobind Singh validated this humanitarian vision, instructing care for everyone without distinction. The account aligns with shared dharmic valuesahimsa, karuna, maitrihighlighting unity across…

  • The Proven Power of Detachment: An Essential Dharmic Practice to Transform Mental Health

    The Proven Power of Detachment: An Essential Dharmic Practice to Transform Mental Health

    Detachment, understood through Hindu philosophy and allied Dharmic traditions, functions as a practical mental health superpower for the digital age. It reduces rumination, strengthens emotional regulation, and redirects energy from comparison and reactivity to meaningful action. The Bhagavad Gita’s nishkama karma, Buddhism’s upekkha, Jainism’s aparigraha and vairagya, and Sikh teachings on freedom from moh together…

  • Complete Ahoi Ashtami Puja Guide 2025: Master the Proven Vidhi for Children’s Blessings

    Complete Ahoi Ashtami Puja Guide 2025: Master the Proven Vidhi for Children’s Blessings

    Ahoi Ashtami 2025 falls on October 13 (Kartik Krishna Ashtami) and centers on Ahoi Mata’s blessings for children’s health, longevity, and happiness. This complete, easy-to-follow vidhi explains preparation, altar setup, offerings, katha recitation, aarti, and the essential star-sighting to conclude the fast. Practical insights respect regional diversity while clarifying the shared core of the vrata…

  • Proven Insights on Kartik Maas Mahatmya Chapter 2: Discover the Katha’s Transformative Power

    Proven Insights on Kartik Maas Mahatmya Chapter 2: Discover the Katha’s Transformative Power

    Kartik Maas Mahatmya Chapter 2, voiced through Sri Krishna, portrays grief as a pivotal point for ethical and devotional renewal. The lament of Gunavati is presented not as despair’s endpoint but as a call to reorient life through dharma and bhakti. This chapter situates personal sorrow within Kartik observances such as lamp offerings, remembrance, and…

  • Complete Insights on Hyderabad’s Waqf–Defence Land Row: Discover a Peaceful, Lawful Path

    Complete Insights on Hyderabad’s Waqf–Defence Land Row: Discover a Peaceful, Lawful Path

    A reported move to allocate part of defence-controlled land in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills for a Muslim graveyard has sparked a jurisdictional dispute between the Telangana Waqf Board and Defence Estates. This analysis clarifies the legal context, outlines due-process steps (joint surveys, gazette notifications, and court oversight), and separates political claims from verifiable records. It proposes…

  • Essential Ghar-Wapsi: Discover a Proven Dharma Revival

    Essential Ghar-Wapsi: Discover a Proven Dharma Revival

    I reflect on why a Dharma-centred foundation is essential for civilizational resilienceand why Ghar-Wapsi, strong families, and temple-centered institution-building must advance together. Discover a grounded, lawful, and compassionate fourfold plan to counter proselytisation, restore confidence, and revive our living tradition.

  • When Bakhtiyar Khalji Wiped out Gauda-Desa from Existence

    When Bakhtiyar Khalji Wiped out Gauda-Desa from Existence

    Bakhtiyar Khalji’s catastrophic devastation of the ancient city of Gaur marked a pinnacle in his career of plunder and genocide. Gaur, a historic center of Sanskrit learning and Hindu culture, was thoroughly obliterated, replaced by Islamic structures. This transformation permanently altered Bengal’s cultural and religious landscape, erasing its Sanatana past.

  • How the Hindu Society Lost Access to its Own Culture

    How the Hindu Society Lost Access to its Own Culture

    This is the first episode in a series featuring an English adaptation of DVG’s 1957 lecture on Samskruti (Culture). DVG offers profound insights into society and culture, exploring facets like human relationships, attitudes toward work, marriage, and self-discipline, reflecting on a bygone era, and contrasting it with contemporary society. His discourse delves into the intrinsic…

  • Pakistan, With Head Above The Water : Way The Cookie Crumbles

    Pakistan, With Head Above The Water : Way The Cookie Crumbles

    In my recent engagements in the realm of geopolitics, a recurring question has been the focus: Can Pakistan endure its current challenges? My unwavering response is a resounding “yes.” Pakistan, despite its fragile political and economic landscapes, has a history of resilience and survival. Voices from within Pakistan echo this sentiment, and international actors are…

  • The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Meet In Goa – Substance Or Cosmetics?

    The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Meet In Goa – Substance Or Cosmetics?

    By Maj Gen Neeraj Bali (Retd). In September last year, when India assumed the rotational chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, it formally invited all the members to the Foreign Ministers’ confabulations. Inevitably, the list of invitees included China and Pakistan, two countries with which India shares geography and, unfortunately, intractable acrimony.

  • TN: 400-year-old math demolished on the pretext of removing encroachment

    TN: 400-year-old math demolished on the pretext of removing encroachment

    Cross-posted from: https://hindupost.in/dharma-religion/tn-400-year-old-math-demolished-on-the-pretext-of-removing-encroachment/ The DMK government has demolished a centuries-old matha on the pretext of removing encroachment. Hindu activists recovered the structure and its property after a long legal battle. It is alleged that a DMK minister had his eye on the property for a long time and tried to grab it when DMK was…