What Constitutes Yoga, What Doesn’t
With another “International Yoga Day” having approached, it is good time to ponder over some fundamental questions like what constitutes Yoga and what does not. This article seeks to answer both these questions What More...
Western Postural Yoga: Promoting Postures in the name of Yoga
Yogāsana practice can be a gateway to deeper spiritual teachings with a proper background of the Yogic wisdom or āsana practice can just be a form of exercise, aerobics, and gymnastics. Āsana, physical practice More...
Agni and the Fire of Self-Inquiry
Self-inquiry (Atma-vichara), such as taught by Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, is regarded as the simplest and most direct path to Self-realization. However, Self-inquiry is also very subtle and can be hard to accomplish More...
Rediscovering Rama (Part-I)
Rama is one of the most exalted figures in all of Hinduism, yet we find him very much maligned today. Scholars like Wendy Doniger accuse Rama of abandoning Sita because he was afraid of becoming a ‘sex addict’. More...
Yoga Teachers need Yoga, not superficial imposition of Code of Ethics
In her recent article in The New York Times titled “Yoga Teachers Need a Code of Ethics”, Sarah Herrington makes a case for a need for “Code of Ethics” for Yoga teachers in the current aftermath of scandals More...
In Conversation with Nithin Sridhar on ‘Musings on Hinduism’
What is Dharma? Why do you call yourself a Hindu? After all, what is the Hindu view on certain issues like menstruation? Is there a distinct Hindu gaze? Also, is that gaze a fixed rigid gaze? Or is it something More...
హిందూ మహా వృత్తాంతము
The article has been translated into Telugu by Ranjith Vadiyala ప్రపంచంలో భారతదేశానికి తప్ప మిగిలిన అన్ని పెద్ద దేశాలకీ More...
Deconstructing Arun Shourie’s “Two Saints”
Two Saints: Speculations Around and About Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi by Arun Shourie has been published by Harper Collins and is available on Amazon. Arun Shourie’s new book, “Two Saints” More...
Snippets From Kurukshetra War In Mahabharata-III: Micro Details Of The War
[contextly_sidebar id=”W3HG0HIQfFThlIAoOVRWYfGjlXwQxMJX”] TROOP FORMATIONS (VYŪHA) The nuanced details of the 18 days war is quite interesting. Elaborate details of the Vyūhās (troop formations) on More...
Idea of Bharatiya Exceptionalism- II
[contextly_sidebar id=”rezCBVeV3s4nX5KYKxVr0XxPyXwlUMfN”] Need to address and eliminate anti-narratives Before understanding the Bharatiya narrative, it is important to disrupt the anti-narrative which More...