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Book Review | The Greatest Books of Ancient India: Incredible Ideas about Science, Music, Maths, Art and More

Byline: An engaging look into the intellectual treasures of ancient India, designed to spark curiosity in children

Sai Priya Chodavarapu

Cinema And Books

The Debasement of Sacred Dance - Vulgarization of Hindu Art in the Service of State Spectacle

A reflection on the misuse of Hindu classical dance by state machinery, and the need to restore its sacred purpose rooted in devotion, ritual, and spiritual intent.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 10 min read

Dharma Today

Magic in Mohiniyattam - IKS Pedagogy in Practice

What commitments are expected from any student learning an Indian Knowledge Systems? What do these IKS traditions offer us in return? Answers from the pedagogy of IKS in practice.

Kavita Krishna Meegama 13 min read

Indian Knowledge Systems

Kasinathuni Vishwanath and His Vast Cultural Legacy

K. Vishwanath influenced a whole generation, shaped popular culture, and even public morality. A man of culture, class, and dignity, he embodied our civilizational values. He leaves an unfillable void in cinema.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 8 min read

Dharma Today

Kalaripayattu

Kalaripayaṭṭu must be elevated, as a traditional psychophysiological discipline, as a ‘scientific’ system of physical culture, and as an arena of experience and self-transformation: the crucible of the individual’s experience where embodied practice helps shape a self.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 12 min read

Bodhas

Art and Meaning Making

There is a reason that as a culture we were more interested in ‘what happens’ than ‘what happened’. ‘What happened’ becomes dated. ‘What happened’ is limited. While ‘what happens’ is timeless and limitless. The great seers of this great land observed the world from a śuddha citta and created analogies capable of reflecting the timeless and divine principles and messages which are still relevant to us. And they did this through poetry, literature and art.

Pankaj Saxena 11 min read

Bodhas

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