Sardar Patel: The PM of India who never was
I have recently been re-reading Maulana Azad’s “India Wins Freedom” which has all those withheld portions that Maulana had desired to be published 30 years after his
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I have recently been re-reading Maulana Azad’s “India Wins Freedom” which has all those withheld portions that Maulana had desired to be published 30 years after his
Western scholarship has generally painted a picture of Hindu society in which women have forever been secluded from public life. This view has penetrated widely
The Bengal Famine of 1943-44 must rank as the greatest disaster in the subcontinent in the 20th century. Nearly 4 million Indians died because of
An engineer based in the US, an MD in anaesthesia based in Delhi, a psychologist, a software engineer, a Navy-official-turned-teacher and many others from the
The winds of time have scattered Hindus to the most far-flung and unlikely places across the globe. One such place is the Caribbean. Unknown to
Jeans are the quintessential global commodity, an item of apparel made from a type of cloth, denim, that is one of the most widely traded
The last Ekadashi before Navratri — and why this one carries extraordinary power for the
One of the most common questions people ask about Hinduism is also one of the
We are delighted to present the 2026 Sanskriti Calendar – a thoughtfully curated blend of timekeeping and
History remembers the empires that towered over the subcontinent. What often gets lost are the
On 11 September 1893, Swami Vivekananda’s “Sisters and Brothers of America” reset the world’s conversation on faith and fellowship. More than a century later, his call for universal brotherhood, respect for diversity, and service over ritual feels newly urgent. In a polarised, hyper-connected age, Vivekananda offers a practical ethic: expand, don’t contract—build character, seek truth, and serve the weakest first.
Sanskriti comes from the Sanskrit root “kr” which means to do or to make prefix “sam” is applied before it to convey a sense of embellishment. It means actions done for the holistic refinement and perfection all the potentialities within a human being.
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