Author: Shailendra Srivastava

Why did mythology, astrology, law, technology and governance advance together after 2000? In the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, time is not conceived as a straight line racing endlessly forward. It is understood as a cycle of creation, preservation, dissolution, and renewal, governing the cosmos, nature, and human society alike. What rises must pause; what expands must correct itself; what forgets must eventually remember. Civilisations, like living organisms, grow through such recurring rhythms. The movement of stars and planets reflects the same understanding. Their paths are circular and precise, yet their consequences are never identical, because the world below is never static. When…

Indian civilisation has long recognised a truth that modern nations are slowly rediscovering — power without principles eventually becomes self-destructive. Centuries before constitutions, elections and parliaments, India developed a sophisticated political and legal tradition rooted in Dharma. Its foundations lie across the Mahabharata, the Arthashastra, Manusmriti, the Buddhist Dhamma literature and other classical texts. Dharma: The Moral Architecture of Public Life In ancient India, Dharma was not a synonym for religion. It was the operating system of a just society — duty, fairness, self-restraint, social welfare and ethical accountability. Dharma set limits on political authority and guided governance in times…