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Appreciating Saṃskṛta Poetry: Introduction to Chandas

Understand the rationale behind the poetic meters of Saṃskṛta to appreciate the rhythm of Saṃskṛta poetry and allied languages (like Hindi) explicitly at a deeper level.

Śrī Rama Seshan

Indian Knowledge Systems

Book Review of Esther Dhanraj's Unbaptized

Dhanraj's memoir reveals the oft-ignored perspective of an Indian Hindu who embraced Christianity but found her way back.

Vivek Rallabandi

Cinema And Books

Ministerial Virtues in Governance: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leadership

Drawing from the Bālakāṇḍa of the Rāmāyaṇa, this article examines the archetypal model of ministerial virtue and its implications for contemporary leadership in both public and private sectors.

Dr. Srinivas Jammalamadaka

Culture And Policy

Overcoming the Burden of Labels: Reflections on Psychotherapy

Labels should be descriptors of your state. Allowing them to grasp the identity itself can lead to a tragedy of epic proportions.

Ramachandra Roddam

Indian Knowledge Systems

Dīpāvali - When Every Corner of Bhārata Lights Up

Dīpāvali is a festival of tradition, culture, rituals, and lamps. It is when every corner of Bhārata shines brightest with lit earthen lamps even though it is the darkest night of amāvāsyā, of the year.

Tanya Fransz

Dharma Today

Dīpāvali 2025: Remembering Dīkṣitar’s Legacy

Celebrating Muttusvāmi Dīkṣitar this Dīpāvali — a visionary whose music and scholarship embodied the unity of art, philosophy, devotion, and India’s timeless knowledge traditions.

Dr Kanniks Kannikeswaran

Indian Knowledge Systems

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.

Dr. Anurag Shukla

Culture And Policy

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Appreciating Saṃskṛta Poetry: Introduction to Chandas

Book Review of Esther Dhanraj's Unbaptized

Ministerial Virtues in Governance: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leadership

Overcoming the Burden of Labels: Reflections on Psychotherapy

Dīpāvali - When Every Corner of Bhārata Lights Up

Dīpāvali 2025: Remembering Dīkṣitar’s Legacy

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