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Dharmic Education is Realisation and not mere Learning
In the Sanatana theory and practice, education was not merely learning but realisation. Literacy was merely one subset of it. One of the fundamental questions that our Dharmasastras pose and answer is this: who knows the secret of Dharma and its most accurate application in life? The answer: that illiterate old woman in the village.…
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The Rot is Deeper than Including or Dropping Lessons on the Mughals in History Textbooks
Commentary on the recent controversy over dropping the chapters on Mughal history from NCERT textbooks. It is the mudslinging season again over history lessons, for a fundamental reason. History was one of the most powerful weapons that the Congress-Left combine had used in order to maintain its hegemony over political power for more than half…