Dharmaśāstra & Polity
The normative order — Smriti, Dharmashastra, Arthashastra, and the broader tradition of Hindu statecraft, law, governance, and political ethics. How dharma structures collective life.
22 connected nodes
dharmashastra
sources of dharma
legal tradition
ritual life
social custom
social order
blog
Bodha, the Pyramid of Priorities and the Nature of Hindu Organizations
Why Hindu organizational fragmentation is a feature, not a failure - Bodha's argument that Sanatana Dharma requires a diversity of independent organizations rather than monolithic unity, and what this means for civilizational strategy.
civilizational consciousness
dharmashastra and polity
civilizational consciousness
blog
Freedom of Expression
Why clarity about the nature of prophetic monotheism's claim on speech is a prerequisite for any meaningful Hindu engagement with the politics of free expression - the conceptual tools for a discourse that currently lacks them.
indology and civilizational critique
dharmashastra and polity
purva paksha
blog
The Battle Against Hindus in Manipur
The Manipur conflict is not a tribal dispute but a civilizational one - how the Christian missionary conversion of Kuki tribes created a political wedge that the Indian state misreads as ethnic tension while Meitei Hindu identity is the actual target.
indology and civilizational critique
dharmashastra and polity
shatrubodha
blog
Towards Dharma-centric Polity - Lokmanya Tilak and the Universalization of Gaṇeśa Utsava
As dharma recedes from both personal life and public governance, what would a genuinely dharma-centric political order look like - and is it achievable within or only beyond the current Indian constitutional framework?
festivals and living tradition
dharmashastra and polity
svayambodha