Blog | Bodha

On the Hillridge Highways of Mizoram

A dispatch from the north-east, featured in our newsletter Issue 1, describes with vivid delight what happens when you travel to a place that has long inhabited your imagination.

The Goddess Who Summoned a Spring

A tale from a sthala purana of a time when a Goddess expressed her desire to dwell in a spot.

A Dharmic Lens to Civilizational Theory

A redefinition of civilization and its pursuit, rooted in a dharmic way of things.

About Scrolls of Aryavarta

An autobiographical account of the history behind 'Scrolls of Aryavarta,' the ambition behind it, current and future plans.

14 Lokas and 0 Telescopes - The Cosmos SETI Cannot Scan

Disclosure is near, we are told. But of what, and to whom? Hindu cosmology is already aware of non-human intelligence. An exploration of the UAP/UFO phenomenon in the light of lokas, vimanas, devatas, tantra, and consciousness as a multidimensional framework for cosmic life.

Kannur - Discovering the Sacred Heart of Kerala through Bodha Anveshi

A deeply personal and evocative travel narrative through Kerala, capturing the transformative beauty of India’s lush southern landscapes. Blending wanderlust, heritage, and introspection, with authentic insights into Kerala’s timeless traditions, temple culture, and scenic charm.

How to Build a Civilization

Understanding the emic Hindu view of civilization, its purpose, design, and challenges, by playing a civilization builder game with Sanskrit dhatus as the building blocks.

My Journey with Anveshi

The origin story of Anveshi, Bodha's structured temple-visit practice - how collective temple-going became a form of civilizational reconnection - and what it reveals about how living tradition actually perpetuates itself.

What the Bodha Logo Means - The Square, the Circle and the Eye of Wisdom

The Bodha logo decoded - how a simple geometric mark encodes the entire civilizational philosophy - the fractal structure of Hindu consciousness expressed in the relationship between square, circle, and the space they share.

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.

Book Review | Svayambodha and Shatrubodha

A review of Pankaj Saxena's 'Svayambodha and Shatrubodha' - the book that gives Hindu civilizational discourse its most precise vocabulary for self-knowledge and knowledge of adversarial forces.

Civilizations as Kārmika Streams

Civilizations are not collections of events but kārmika streams - living ontological entities shaped by accumulated collective action across deep time. An essay that reframes civilizational history as metaphysics.