The Swadeshi Indology Conference series has been envisioned to counter the 250-year-old narrative of Western Indology, the genre of Orientalism that focuses on India. As is well known, Western Indology helped formulate and legitimise the British colonial policies and played a very crucial role in the successful colonisation and oppression of the Indian peoples; it very nearly destroyed the SanÄtana Saį¹skrti.
The Swadeshi Indology Conference Series and publications intend to analyze and respond to the well-orchestrated, systematic attack on:
- the foundational elements (the Veda-s, Upaniį¹£ad-s, ItihÄsa-s, and PurÄį¹a-s),
- the living principles (the puruį¹£Ärtha-s and the varį¹ÄÅrama system),
- the cultural manifestations (ÅÄstra-s, kÄvya-s, and kalÄ-s) and
- the sacredness of the still living articulations (art, temples, kumbha-mela, festivals, family and social-structures) ā that embody sanÄtana dharma.