The Practice of Nose-Cutting in the Ancient World

In the list of bizarre misinterpretations of ancient Indian thought by Devdutt Pattanaik, one could add his reading of the Śūrpaṇakhā episode in the Rāmāyaṇa, as evident from this tweet: “After More...

Hindu Political Thought: Liberal, Conservative and Reactionary

Introduction This essay is intended to provide a theoretical introduction to the three varieties of political thought that have emerged among the Hindus in modern times. The circumstances of modernity naturally More...