Cultural Drishti

Samskriti: What Makes a Culture?

By August 12, 2026No Comments

Culture as a Way of Life

  • What does samskriti mean beyond the translation “culture”?
  • The relationship between samskara, values, conduct and refinement.
  • Culture as something cultivated rather than merely inherited.
  • The role of family, language, stories, rituals, arts and everyday practices.
  • How individual conduct and collective culture influence one another.
  • Culture as an ongoing process of formation.

Central question:
Is culture merely what we inherit, or also what we continually cultivate?

Sameer Pande

Sameer Pande

Sameer Pande is a political science researcher associated as a lecturer at the Centre for Indic Studies and serves as Chief Reviewer of JOSD (Journal of Sanatan Dharma). His primary academic focus is Dandanīti and its relevance to global social science frameworks. Working broadly across the social sciences, he engages with research methodology, Indian Knowledge Systems, and comparative civilizational perspectives. He is involved in teaching, curriculum development and has published multiple research papers on Indic political thought and governance.

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