Catching Glimpses of Mahadeva
For years, Amarnath had a special pull over me. The allure of that remote cave in the snowy depths of Kashmir was irresistible. But obstacle after obstacle kept me from my destination – either the route was More...
Reflections On Geetarthasangraha Of Abhinavagupta
This paper was presented at the National Seminar to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of Acharya Abhinavagupta conducted at Kalakshetra, Chennai on January 24-25, 2017, organized jointly by Indira Gandhi National More...
Want to fly with the meaning of Sanskrit verses? Grammar is the key
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं गोविन्दं भज मूढमते | संप्राप्ते सन्निहिते काले न हि न हि More...
Hierarchy In Nature – Order In Dharma
“Power” is considered an ability, the exercise of which can influence or control behaviour, in our context, of people. The term “authority” is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the social More...
సంస్కృతమంటే భయమెవరికి?
గత సంవత్సరం జూన్ మాసంలో అమెరికాలోని ప్రిన్స్ టన్ విశ్వవిద్యాలయంలో ఒక ఆశ్చర్యకరమైన More...
Manu Smriti: locating dharma and adharma in the light of modernity
The Manu Smriti, the ancient treatise on dharma has been the subject of enormous traditional pre-modern veneration and immense modernist revulsion. The more than 2000-year-old text whose antiquity rivals the oldest 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...
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
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