CHARVAKA

Rationalism. Secularism. Freedom

SUBHENDU SARKAR

  • The Holy Cow

    Once slaughtered for Vedic rituals and prized in ancient feasts, the cow was later elevated to sacred status through political calculation and religious rivalry. Today, this gentle animal is weaponized anew. Beyond the rhetoric of piety lies an age-old strategy: exploiting dietary taboo as a political lever to enforce conformity, stoke communal division, and redraw…

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    Carvaka Philosophy : A New Look

    This concise review of Ramkrishna Bhattacharya’s Studies on the Cārvāka/Lokāyata highlights its crucial role in reconstructing ancient Indian materialism. By analyzing rare fragments and Perso-Arabic sources, Bhattacharya disproves charges of unbridled hedonism, clarifies Cārvāka epistemology regarding inference, and restores a lost tradition of rationalism, skepticism, and rigorous debate.