Kashmir – A survey of its history, geography and demographic evolution

Kashmir is in the news, and it has been in the news for 70 years now. Yet its mindshare among Indians is still somewhat low and its centrality to Indian civilization and culture is woefully under-appreciated. There More...

Śrī Viṣṇusahasranāma – Interpretations of Ādi Śaṅkara and Parāśara Bhattar

The Sahasranāma is a popular genre in Stotra literature wherein a deity is remembered by a thousand epithets. The Viṣṇu Sahasranāma is without doubt the most famous of all Sahasranāmas. It is arguably one More...

Dharma: An Intellectual History

Dharma is arguably the one word most commonly associated with Indic civilization. Few other Indian words are as readily associated with India as Dharma. Yoga and Karma probably come close to it. But what is Dharma? More...

Interpreting the Bhagavad Gita: Contrasting the views of Sankara and Ramanuja

The Bhagavad Gita is arguably the most revered text in the Hindu religious tradition. It is almost universally regarded as one of the three canonical works of Hindu philosophy (Prasthanatrayi) with the other two More...

The Agnostic God and the Problem of Evil: Examining the Hindu view

The Problem of Evil is one that has perplexed every civilization on earth. And it is a problem that is inextricably linked to the idea of God and his nature. Is there a God? If yes, then he should, by definition, More...