Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
In the same 1946 speech, P.V. Kane paints a desolate picture of traditional Sanskrit Pathashalas, which had flourished unbroken since the dawn of the Indian civilisation. It makes for very depressing reading.
Sanskrit
Way back in 1946, P.V. Kane unerringly prophesied that Indology and Sanskrit studies will soon decline and disappear in Europe itself and that it was now the responsibility of Indian scholars to take this endeavour forward.
K.M. Munshi
In this episode, we learn P.V. Kane's cosmic vision for writing Indian history purely from an Indian perspective. He precisely identifies the fundamental problems and errors in the histories of India written by foreigners who find it impossible to present a correct evaluation of an alien cultural tr
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
On 19 October 1946, Pandurang Vaman Kane delivered a momentous speech at the 13th Session of the All India Oriental Conference at Nagpur. In it, he clairvoyantly predicted the impending destruction of Sanskrit learning and Indology after India attained Independence. It has come true in a nightmarish
British Colonialism of India
The first part of a series narrating the tragic history of the heartless destruction of traditional Hindu Dharma-Chhatrams by the colonial British. This episode tells the woeful tale of how the East India Company impoverished hundreds of Hindu charitable institutions throughout the Thanjavur Samstha
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
Parashuram Krishna Gode passed away just two months before his 70th birthday. He ranks as one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of the New Indian Renaissance. It was a rank he did not aspire for. In fact, he aspired for nothing. He carried out his Dīkṣā like a true Karma Yogi — immersed, yet deta
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
P.K. Gode lived in a fortunate period which not only recognised his contribution but valued and celebrated it. The highest point in Gode’s productive and distinguished life arrived on May 18, 1949. He was honoured by the redoubtable Mahamahopadhyaya Pandurang Vaman Kane in a public function held in
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
P.K. Gode was an Ajātaśatru — a person who had no enemies. Throughout his career, he had amassed a wealth of mentors and had forged close friendships and lasting relationships within the scholarly community. He regarded his scholarly community as a brotherhood that was honestly, devotedly working to
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
In his own words, P.K. Gode reveals the secret that made his research almost perfect and unimpeachable.Originality is yet another pronounced imprint that we notice in a majority of Gode’s research papers. It is this self-imposed meticulousness, dogged perseverance and ironclad discipline that enable
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
P.K. Gode embarked on in-depth scholarly research in such offbeat, strange and seemingly bizarre topics like horse gram, nose-ring, bullock carts, paper, perfumery, jalebi, dietics, fig and archery. What made him seek obscure and forgotten poets, hymn-composers, military generals, ministers, clerks,
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
P.K. Gode undertook his lifelong scholarly penance in the spirit of what the Bhagavad Gita describes as Anāsakta Karma or the path of Detached Action. Gode spent generous sums of money from his own pocket to send his latest research papers to scholars both in India and abroad. This eventually creat
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
This episode traces the start of P.K. Gode's professional career that began with a lecturership at Karve Indian Women’s University. Within a year, he moved to the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona and remained there for the rest of his life. It is also where he found his life's calling.