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The Wandering Mind: Rethinking Goals in an Age of Complexity

A reflection on Stanley and Lehman’s argument that novelty, not metrics, fuels creativity. The review considers how institutions might balance stability with serendipity.

Dr. Anurag Shukla

Cinema And Books

The Hill That Breathes Fire: Encountering Wonder at Arunachaleshwarar Temple

How ritual life at Arunachaleshwarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai turns everyday acts of waiting and walking into embodied experiences of the sacred, revealing devotion as a phenomenological way of knowing rooted in wonder.

Dr. Anurag Shukla

Bodhas

Inside the Gilded Classroom: How Imported Boarding Schools Are Redrawing India’s Educational Map

What does it mean when schooling itself becomes a luxury symbol, and childhood divides along lines of wealth and aspiration?

Dr. Anurag Shukla

Culture And Policy

Between Two Childhoods

This long-form essay reflects on how play, empathy, language, authority, and technology shape children’s lives. It contrasts Denmark’s culture of trust with India’s culture of anxiety, showing how small choices in homes and schools accumulate into a public vision of childhood.

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Culture And Policy

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How to Teach a Prince

The making of modern Baroda: Sayajirao Gaekwad III and the power of education.

Dr. Anurag Shukla

Culture And Policy

The Unstitched Story of India: How Fabric Wove a Global Empire

India's looms once spoke to the world in threads of cotton, dye, and devotion. This is the story of how fabric became philosophy, and trade became poetry.

Dr. Anurag Shukla 12 min read

Bodhas

When Business Schools Teach the Wrong Kind of Business

The piece examines how contemporary business and management schools, shaped by the corporate governance models of early 20th-century America, overlook the realities of family-controlled enterprises that dominate much of the global economy. It draws on examples from India and abroad to make the case for embedding family business studies into the core MBA curriculum, preparing future leaders for the complexities of kinship, succession, and intergenerational stewardship.

Dr. Anurag Shukla 10 min read

The Vanishing Names of Rats

What we lose when children forget how to name the world

Dr. Anurag Shukla 9 min read

Dharma Today

The Curator and the Clerk - Why Indian Public Policy Needs to Rethink Culture

The piece reflects on the gap between how culture is lived and how it is administered, drawing on insights from anthropology, public policy, and personal fieldwork. It builds on thinkers like Akhil Gupta, James Ferguson, Ashis Nandy, Sudipta Kaviraj, and Partha Chatterjee to argue for a more dynamic, responsive, and culturally intelligent approach to policy making.

Dr. Anurag Shukla 7 min read

Culture And Policy

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Dr. Anurag Shukla

The Wandering Mind: Rethinking Goals in an Age of Complexity

The Hill That Breathes Fire: Encountering Wonder at Arunachaleshwarar Temple

Inside the Gilded Classroom: How Imported Boarding Schools Are Redrawing India’s Educational Map

Between Two Childhoods

How to Teach a Prince

The Unstitched Story of India: How Fabric Wove a Global Empire

When Business Schools Teach the Wrong Kind of Business

The Vanishing Names of Rats

The Curator and the Clerk - Why Indian Public Policy Needs to Rethink Culture