సంస్కృతమంటే భయమెవరికి?
గత సంవత్సరం జూన్ మాసంలో అమెరికాలోని ప్రిన్స్ టన్ విశ్వవిద్యాలయంలో ఒక ఆశ్చర్యకరమైన More...
Nature in Indian and Western Traditions
This excerpt has been taken from Indian Culture and India’s Future, DK Printworld, New Delhi, 2011 I lived in the Nilgiri hills of western Tamil Nadu for over two decades, and as a beautiful tropical rainforest—a More...
An Introduction to the kāvyaśāstra Tradition
For readers unfamiliar with the kāvyaśāstra tradition I present here a brief summary of its concepts and history, including the Vedic origins of kāvya and the important sampradāyas (schools) of kāvyaśāstra, More...
Excuse me, there is nothing wrong in worshipping phallus or yoni
Last week, as I prepared for going on a week’s holiday, a friend of mine drew my attention to an article provocatively titled “Excuse me, I do not want to worship a phallus anymore”, which purported to show More...
ఉత్తమ సంస్కారానికి సాధనం భక్తి
సమాజంలో ఒకవైపు భక్తి విపరీతంగా పెరుగుతున్నా మరొకవైపు అశాంతి, అన్యాయం పెరుగుతున్నాయని More...
कृपया मत कहिये कि, “सभी धर्म समान हैं”
The article has been translated into Hindi by Subhash Phadke हठधर्मी क्रिश्चियनिटी के दम घुटनेवाले माहौल में पली हुई More...
गणपती देव आहे काय?
The article has been translated into Marathi by Professor Manohar Railkar सामान्यतः अन्य संप्रदायांवर हिंदु कधीही टीका करीत नाहीत. More...
విశ్వాసం – తత్త్వం
[contextly_sidebar id=”J4wjy3nkWGRZVdatglBwrkKMkJEWr8jJ”] మనలో చాలమంది మన సంప్రదాయాన్ని, ఆచారాలనూ భక్తిశ్రద్ధలతో More...
Musings on Reason, Religion and Reform
A few months back, around Diwali to be more specific, we heard/read/watched all sorts of ‘concern’ about environment and pleas to ban firecrackers. Soon we will be again hearing similar voices, this time More...
My thoughts on Jallikattu
There has been a nationwide debate going on whether the age-old festival celebrated in southern states, Jallikattu, should be banned or not. The Supreme Court of India banned the organisation of Jallikattu in 2014 More...