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Apr 29, 2022 8 tweets 3 min read
Conference on Shaivism underway We begin with Mangalacharanam & Lighting of lamp
Apr 28, 2022 6 tweets 5 min read
#BookOverview From the Beginning of Time: Modern Science and the Puranic Universe By @AuthorGaneshS

The book shows the Puranic texts in a fascinating new light

Link: amzn.to/3EVziBG

@IndicaBooks @AuthorGaneshS @IndicaBooks The Puranas, as suggested by their name, describe events deep in the earth’s past. Finding a complete cosmology in the ancient Puranic texts that are mostly aligned with the view of cutting-edge science is almost incredible
Apr 27, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
#BookOverview Sringeri Vidyāśaṅkara Temple Astronomical Theater By Viswa Nath Sharma

The present work reveals with scriptural support that the Vidyāśaṅkara temple is a Sun Temple unique in India & the world

Link: amzn.to/37Jn572

@IndicaBooks #Thread #Astronomy @IndicaBooks An astronomical theater with twelve zodiac pillars having a zodiac sign carved on them is the Navaraṅga of the Vidyāśaṅkara Temple at Sringeri, a town established by Shankaracharya
Apr 26, 2022 6 tweets 5 min read
#BookOverview Not Two: The Essence of Non-Duality by Yellamraju Srinivasa Rao & Translated by @PNeppalli

In this book, Shri Yellamraju Srinivasa Rao, with great insight & clarity, answers questions that intrigue seekers of the truth

Link: amzn.to/3EVIoyw

@IndicaBooks @PNeppalli @IndicaBooks What is the Absolute Truth? What is my essential nature? How can I grasp the truth and make it my everyday experience? Srinivasa Rao’s clear & lucid explanations of the Absolute Truth resonate deeply, & awaken the seeker to a direct experience of the Self as Pure Consciousness
Apr 25, 2022 6 tweets 3 min read
#BookOverview Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India By Pankaj Jain

The book presents a holistic model transcending the dichotomies of nature vs culture & science vs religion, as practiced in India

Link: amzn.to/3EJwWpn

@IndicaBooks Image @IndicaBooks Scholars have long noticed a discrepancy in the way non-Western & Western peoples conceptualize the scientific and religious worlds

Non-Western traditions & communities, such as India, are better positioned to provide an alternative to the Western dualistic thinking
Mar 24, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
#BookOverview India 2030: Rise of a Rajasic Nation: A deep dive into India’s financial and economic policies by @gchikermane

This book is a collection of essays by experts across fields and their thoughts on the future of India in the next decade

@IndicaBooks @gchikermane @IndicaBooks Thought leaders from twenty diverse fields, ranging from politics, economics and foreign policy to health care and energy, predict what 2030 will look like for India and how the nation will evolve in this decade.
Mar 23, 2022 7 tweets 5 min read
#BookOverview The Sabarimala Confusion - Menstruation Across Cultures: A Historical Perspective by @nkgrock

This book attempts to provide a detailed review of menstruation notions prevalent in India & in cultures from across the world

Link: amzn.to/3JMcUw4

@IndicaBooks Image @nkgrock @IndicaBooks The world cultures covered in the book include Indic traditions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism; ancient civilisations like Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia and Egypt; and Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Mar 22, 2022 5 tweets 5 min read
#BookOverview Kasheer : A Diabolical Betrayal of Kashmiri Hindus by @SahanaVijay

This is Kashmir’s story. Originally written in Kannada, it is translated into English by @shanthigrama, who is a London-based technology professional

Link: amzn.to/3iJkcFn

@IndicaBooks Image @SahanaVijay @shanthigrama @IndicaBooks Thus comes the plainitive cry of Kailash Pandit

The reporting on Kashmir has whitewashed the human tragedy of Kashmiri Hindus

This book retells the tale in a fictionalized account which is all too real
Mar 14, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
#BookOverview 'Unsung Valour: Forgotten Warriors of the Kurukshetra War', an anthology curated by @Sai_swaroopa

This book is an attempt by ten writers to bring forth those forgotten warriors of the Mahabharata

Link: amzn.to/3MQgHe0

@IndicaBooks @Sai_swaroopa @IndicaBooks Reimagined with passion and devotion, each story brings you a new perspective of the epic as each warrior gears up for his big day on the battlefield

In this epic battle, they are all related by either blood or loyalty
Mar 12, 2022 10 tweets 6 min read
This is a #Thread on: Legal and Constitutional History of India - Ancient Legal, Judicial and Constitutional System - a Magnum Opus by former chief justice M. Rama Jois

This must provide us a bird's eye view of Indian Jurisprudence

@NagarajPaturi @meghkalyan Image @NagarajPaturi @meghkalyan The author, M Rama Jois who is a former Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, writes in the preface that the first chapter of the book Dharmasvarupa Niroopanam, Concept of Dharma (Law), was quoted with approval in the Supreme Court of india in a 1996 case.
Mar 11, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
#BookOverview Your best day is today! By actor, producer, writer Anupam Kher @AnupamPKher

Your Best Day Is Today! is a compendium of experiences, lessons, & positive takeaways that will help you deal with the dark times in your life

Link: amzn.to/3t1oqhg

@IndicaBooks @AnupamPKher @IndicaBooks It is a guide to getting in touch with your inner self and finding solutions to the problems that arise with adapting to changes in life
Mar 10, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
#BookOverview Good News India - Ordinary Indians, Extraordinary Triumphs by @strawsInTheWind

The book showcases ordinary Indians & their extraordinary work. These are stories of positive action, steely endeavour & quiet triumphs

Link: amzn.to/3MEmQd5

@IndicaBooks Image @strawsInTheWind @IndicaBooks If India was as terrible as the media made it out to be, how has it endured these thousands of years?

Surely there are a great many who are doing the good work despite all obstacles that we merely complain about?

Who are they and what good work are they doing?
Mar 4, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
#WeekendRetreat @YogaIndica presents a Yogic retreat on the art & science of Mudra

A spiritual retreat amidst the serenity of the surrounding is enough to rejuvenate the self, like a Sanjeevani

Check it out: indicayoga.com/event/mudra-ra… With the depth of understanding obtained through Mudra Rahasyam, Tranquility of soul can be achieved even amidst daily-life
Mar 4, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
#BookOverview The Ocean's own by Nandini Sengupta

The final book in the enthralling Gupta Empire trilogy, The Ocean's Own tells the story of a king who dared to take his sword to the seas

@IndicaBooks @IndicaBooks An empire that stretches from coast to coast is not enough for the son of Chandragupta. All he desires: to conquer the untamable oceans beyond
Mar 3, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
#BookOverview The Poisoned Heart by Nandini Sengupta @nandinisgTOI

The second book in the #Gupta empire trilogy, The Poisoned Heart is a saga of tragic love, treachery and hard-won battles in the inner reaches of a once-mighty empire

@IndicaBooks @nandinisgTOI @IndicaBooks Skanda Gupta, the grandson of the great emperor Chandragupta #VikramAditya, is at the helm of the still-mighty Gupta Empire

Brave, noble and a living legend, the emperor is fighting hard to save his legacy from wave after wave of invasion, intrigue and insurrection
Mar 2, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
#BookOverview The King Within by Nandini Sengupta @AuthorNandini

A sabre-rattling tale of love, revenge, friendship & ambition, The King Within is a remarkable novel about the power of passion & the passion for power, & the difficult choices a man must make

@IndicaBooks Image @AuthorNandini @IndicaBooks In the thick forests of Malwa, a mysterious stranger gallops into combat to rescue a young courtesan, Darshini

His name is Deva and he is the younger son of Emperor Samudragupta
Feb 22, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
#BookOverview Twisted Threads : A Satire on Power, Politics and Pollution by Bhavesh Kansara

The book is a fiction and an edgy political satire that is hilarious and thought-provoking

@IndicaBooks @IndicaBooks The protagonist of this novel is the politician Vivekanand Modi who wins the general elections and finds himself amidst a political storm

Amulya, the young heir to the vast political empire is forced to take the plunge and reluctantly make her political debut
Feb 21, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
#BookOverview Motivational Verses from Sanskrit Texts – By Dr K Aravinda Rao

The book is a collection of over a hundred motivational verses from ancient texts like the Mahabharata, the Panchatantra, the Hitopadesa, the Subhashita-s of Bhartrihari & such other texts

@IndicaBooks @IndicaBooks The motivational verses from the book focuses on teaching ethical behaviour and also bring to light the blunt truth behind human behaviour in different situations
Feb 16, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Call For Papers : Conference on Shaivism

Imagine you are surveying the religio-cultural landscape of India exactly a thousand years ago, 1022 CE. You will notice that in the north, the Kashmiri śaivācharyas, Abhinavagupta & his disciple Kṣemarāja,

bit.ly/3gNgTMj ..are busy at work composing monumental texts of Śaiva tantra; in the south, the great temple to Śiva, Brihadeśvara, has just been completed under the reign of the Śaiva king Rājārājā Cōḻa; in the east, the Buddhist Pāla king of Bengal, Mahīpāla I has taken Śaiva initiation
Feb 16, 2022 6 tweets 3 min read
#BookOverview The Revolutionary: Ram Prasad Bismil’s Autobiography From the Death Row by Saket Suresh

This book is a translation of Ram Prasad Bismil’s memoirs into English

@IndicaBooks #Thread @IndicaBooks It was a cold morning, the Nineteenth day of December, in the year 1927, when a well-built young man, barely Thirty, walked to the gallows, with the chants of Vande Mataram on his lips in Gorakhpur prison
Feb 15, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
#BookOverview The Science of Medical Astrology by Ramesh Rao N & Alex Hankey

This #book Science of Medical Astrology examines astrology on a full scientific basis

@IndicaBooks @IndicaBooks The book in short, narrates the gripping story of many scientific experiments of testing and verifying astrological predictions; and simultaneously provides a physical theory of science behind it