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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

Book Launch Report: Caste-icide - The Roots of Hindu Extinction

Launch of ‘Caste-icide’ sparks dialogue on reclaiming dhārmika understanding of varṇa and identity.

Rachana MN

Event Reports

TTD’s Temple Expansion in Dalit Areas as a Response to Conversion

TTD’s massive temple-building initiative safeguards Dalit cultural identity and strengthens community resilience.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu

Culture And Policy

Naxal Mukta Bharat: Ending Red Terror Under Modi’s Leadership

Bharat Manthan 2025: A National Summit showcasing the dismantling of Naxalism in India under PM Modi's leadership.

Sushant Gangoli

Event Reports

The Question of Śāstra Adhikāra and Jāti

How adhikāra for śāstrādhyayana is understood, its determinants, and implications on accessibility and collective awareness.

Skanda Veera

Bodhas

Culture Consulting for Museums: Space Design that Transcends Materiality

Bṛhat specializes in culture consulting to aid the design of meaningful heritage experiences for media, museums, and public spaces.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu

Culture And Policy

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The Goddess Tripurā and the Tripurasundarī Tradition

An exploration of the myriad forms of Tripurā—from the aniconic Śrīcakra to her radiant, corporeal manifestations —situating the Goddess’s iconography and theology within the Tripurārahasya and other traditions.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu

Art Essays

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

Between Two Childhoods

Karvā Cauth

Book Launch Report: Caste-icide - The Roots of Hindu Extinction

TTD’s Temple Expansion in Dalit Areas as a Response to Conversion

Naxal Mukta Bharat: Ending Red Terror Under Modi’s Leadership

The Question of Śāstra Adhikāra and Jāti

Culture Consulting for Museums: Space Design that Transcends Materiality

The Goddess Tripurā and the Tripurasundarī Tradition