• Incentives of Goodness by Jayaprakash Narayan

    Incentives of Goodness by Jayaprakash Narayan

    Undoubtedly one of the biggest revolutionaries post independence, fondly known as Loknayak or JP, Jayprakash Narayan is a highly respected socialist leader for his critical thinking of our political dispensation. Contrary to the popular beliefs, JP elaborates the idea of the necessity of a superior non materialistic motive in front of the society to ensure…

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  • Bharathiya Shilpa Vyavastha : Part 4

    General Introduction to Shilpa Vyavastha 36. Ratna Pareeksha: Ratna Parreksha describes how to identify the nine gems and make jewellery. 37. Ratna Sangraha: This scripture contains chapters on gemmology and Jewellery making.  38. Laghu Ratna Pareeksha: Laghu Ratna Pareeksha contains the details about jewellery making and lapidary (Cutting and Polishing of gems). This treatise is

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  • विद्रोह – एक प्रतिक्रियात्मक प्रक्रिया

    अगर किसी जाति का पतन करवाना हो, तो उस पर बहुत हीन क़िस्म के प्रतिबंध लगा दो। वह उन हीन प्रतिबंधों के विरुद्ध हीन विद्रोह करने में अपना जीवन बिता देगी! याद रहे- जिस तल पर प्रतिबंध होता है, विद्रोह भी उसी तल पर होता है। विद्रोही ऊपर-ऊपर से दिखता तो है बड़ा स्वतंत्रचेता, किन्तु

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  • Bharathiya Shilpa Vyavastha : Part 3

    General Introduction to Shilpa Vyavastha 6. Agni Purana covers Murthy Vidhya (iconography). Like the encyclopaedic nature of any Purana, the Agni Purana too contains many topics apart from the main storyline which have been documented. 7. Brahmanda Purana covers mostly architecture, some sections on arts and certain crafts too. Like the encyclopaedic nature of any Purana

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  • आनयन शिविर

    हमें आनयन शिविर के विषय में आपको सूचित करते हुए आनंद होता है। आनयन शिविर में मिट्टी के प्लास्टर, वन भ्रमण एवं वन कथा, पुरातत्त्वीय मंदिरों के दर्शन व भ्रमण, लकड़ी की नक्काशी, मिट्टी / लकड़ी से मूर्तिनिर्माण, आयुर्वेदिक जीवनशैली इत्यादि विषयों पर काम होगा। शिविर का आयोजन १८ फरवरी से २६ फरवरी, २०२३ के

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  • Aanayan Workshop

    We are delighted to announce Aanayan Workshop – a 9 days residential workshop experimenting with Mud Plaster, Forest Exploration, Heritage Exploration, Bio Diversity Exploration, Wood Carving, Clay / Wood Sculpture, Ayurvedic lifestyle etc. The workshop is being organized from 18 to 26 February, 2023 at Poornam Ashram, Parkhanda – Khareti village 50km away from Vadodara,

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  • Bharathiya Shilpa Vyavastha : Part 2

    General Introduction to Shilpa Vyavastha It was the year 1982, that we were visiting Belur and Halebidu – the ancient temple sites of Belur Chennakeshava a Vaishnavaite temple and Halebidu Hoysaleshwara a Shaivite temple. I was marvelling at the architecture and the carvings. We didn’t have ‘Smartphones’ in those days and a camera was a

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  • Bharathiya Shilpa Vyavastha : Part 1

    Bharathiya Shilpa Vyavastha : Part 1

    Aesthetic architecture, Simple Civil Engineering, Sustainable & Eco-Friendly Construction An Introduction to the Shilpa Vyavastha of Bharata Before commencing this blog, I would like to express my sincere gratitude, Sashtaanga Namaskarams and Pranamas at the lotus feet of my dearest Late Shri Ravindra Sharmaji(Guruji) of Kala Ashram, Adilabad, Telengana, Bharata for inspiring my quest for

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  • भाषा का प्रश्न, भारत में अंग्रेजी : तमस की भाषा भाग (५/५)

    भाग ४ पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ click करें। ‘प्रोग्रेस’ और ‘प्रोग्रेसिव’- प्रगतिवाद और प्रगतिवादी: सेकुलरिजम के अन्य साजो सरंजाम के साथ प्रोग्रेस के विचार और शास्त्र की सवारी बैठा कर अंग्रेजी की गाड़ी भारत में लायी गयी है। इसीलिए प्रोग्रेस के विचार और उसके परिणाम को समझना जरूरी है। जबसे ‘प्रोग्रेस’ का मन्त्र आया है, हमारी भाषाओं

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  • A Workshop to be organized at Kala Ashram about Learning to make and apply traditional Collyrium

    Kala Ashram has been continually observing and hence believing that Bhaarat has been an industry oriented nation in her own ways and our people have been capable of making everything in their village right from Collyrium to Iron and all these production endeavours did not require any humongous machinery unlike today. The collyrium doesn’t just

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