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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—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.

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?

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.

Anurag Shukla

Culture And Policy

Karvā Cauth

Karvā Cauth is a day dedicated to seeking divine blessings to attain and maintain marital and conjugal bliss. The beautiful essence of the sacred bond between a husband and wife and the ‘gṛhastha āśrama’ is at the festival’s core.

Tanya Fransz

Dharma Today