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Carnatic Chronicles Part 3 | Reflections at Srirangapatna - Invoking Chamundeshwari

In Part 3 of our Carnatic Chronicles short stories series, Shambhavi reflects while visiting the shrines of Chamundeshwari and Ranganayaki.

Kavita Krishna Meegama 22 min read

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The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 1 | Persistence - Ātman, Brahman & Sat in the Upaniṣads

A survey of the intellectual journey of all the Eastern cultures, from India onward to China & the rest of East Asia.

Śrī Rama Seshan 29 min read

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World Civilizations - Mesopotamia, Part 5 | Covenant, Law and Lessons for Us

The final installment on Mesopotamian culture, as part of our World Civilizations series. It tells us more about Mesopotamian convenant and law, and concludes with learnings we can take from their society, to fight for dharma in the Abrahamic world we live in today.

Śrī Rama Seshan 16 min read

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World Civilizations - Mesopotamia, Part 4 | Babylonian Theodicy & Biblical Book of Job

This article explores Mesopotamian philosophical literature, particularly the Babylonian Theodicy, and its parallels with the Biblical Book of Job, highlighting how both address the enduring question of why good people suffer while the wicked prosper..

Śrī Rama Seshan 19 min read

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The Baul Sampradāya of Bengal - Contemporary Contours of Ancient Spiritual Tradition

This article details the prevalent Baul image, stereotypes, and perception of the Bauls that developed in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Ananya Bhattacharjee 16 min read

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Carnatic Chronicles Part 2 | Gokulam Park

In Part 2 of our Carnatic Chronicles short stories series, follow Shodashi to enjoy a nothing day in Mysuru. Where does she go to do nothing? And why does she do nothing? Ponder with her on life’s precious moments that pass us by when we are busy doing something else.

Kavita Krishna Meegama 21 min read

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World Civilizations - Mesopotamia, Part 3 | A Creation Story and the Epic of Gilgamesh

In our latest installment of World Civilization, we explore Mesopotamian civilization's creation stories, epics, heroes and philosophy.

Śrī Rama Seshan 30 min read

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World Civilizations - Mesopotamia, Part 2

In this post, we shall begin exploring the gods & temples of the Mesopotamian civilization. We explore how ancient civilizations shared some fundamental aspects like the notion of temples as abodes of deities, divinity in nature, sacred geography, pilgrimages and a supreme mother goddess and contrast them with the Judeo-Christian worldviews that the West has inherited.

Śrī Rama Seshan 31 min read

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World Civilizations - Mesopotamia, Part 1

This series of articles studies other ancient civilizations - their history, their achievements, their intellectual thought, their religions and their eventual takeover by either Christianity or Islam.

Śrī Rama Seshan 43 min read

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Carnatic Chronicles Part 3 | Reflections at Srirangapatna - Invoking Chamundeshwari

The Intellectual Traditions of the East For Beginners, Part 1 | Persistence - Ātman, Brahman & Sat in the Upaniṣads

World Civilizations - Mesopotamia, Part 5 | Covenant, Law and Lessons for Us

World Civilizations - Mesopotamia, Part 4 | Babylonian Theodicy & Biblical Book of Job

The Baul Sampradāya of Bengal - Contemporary Contours of Ancient Spiritual Tradition

Carnatic Chronicles Part 2 | Gokulam Park

World Civilizations - Mesopotamia, Part 3 | A Creation Story and the Epic of Gilgamesh

World Civilizations - Mesopotamia, Part 2

World Civilizations - Mesopotamia, Part 1