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The Hidden Wisdom of Chaff and Draff: M. Hiriyanna’s Transformative Vedantic Journey
Chaff and Draff reveals the private intellectual and spiritual development of M. Hiriyanna, one of modern India’s most respected interpreters of Vedanta and aesthetics. Its self-effacing title draws upon the material language of grain, brewing and a long English literary tradition. The diary follows family life, travel, grief, study and contemplation from 1897 to 1948.…
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Inside M. Hiriyanna’s Secret Diary: Wisdom, Grief and the Making of a Vedantic Master
M. Hiriyanna’s private diary, Chaff and Draff, reveals the disciplined human life behind one of modern India’s most respected interpreters of Vedanta and aesthetics. Its entries trace more than fifty years of family responsibility, travel, scholarship, grief and spiritual practice. The diary explains how Shravana, Manana, Nidhidhyasana and Dhyana shaped Hiriyanna’s movement from philosophical learning…
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A Fanatical Wahhabi Movement of 1857 that Nobody Told you about
The blog post uncovers the obscured history of the 1857 Wahabi movement in India, a chapter often misconstrued as the First War of Indian Independence by Left Liberals. It reveals the movement’s roots in Islamic fundamentalism, following the leadership of Syed Ahmad Barelvi, and highlights its stark objectives aimed at restoring Islamic rule. The narrative…