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In a recent social media exchange on Vedic ritual traditions, a critique was raised suggesting that the Vedas were not composed within the Indian subcontinent. One of the key arguments presented in support of this view was that horses were not native to India, and therefore the prominence of the horse in the Rig Veda must point to an external origin of the text. This line of reasoning is in alignment with the older migration-centered models of early Indo-Eurasian history, cal

Criticisms and attacks on traditional astrology are most often made by those who have not spent serious time studying the subject. Usually they claim to “ rethink ” traditional doctrines while engaging only with surface-level ideas about them. One such example is an article I read that attempts to critique essential dignity by focusing on Venus in Virgo. The reason I am not quoting the author or referring to that one particular article is because of two reasons. One is that I

Soma is celebrated in the Rig Veda for what it is: the nectar of immortality.

An independent exploration of Indian cosmology through Vedic and Brahmana texts, examining tithi, lunar time, and forgotten astronomical frameworks.