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Lessons From Mahabharata – Stri Parva and Gandhari’s Curse

Published by | Abhinav Agarwal

How do you curse God, and do it justifiably so? What is the arc of the geometry of rage? Does it rise up into a crescendo and then subside...

April 17, 2019 |

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Reviews

The Tashkent Files

Published by | Chandrahas Halai

Do you know: Who founded the National Dairy Development Board that started Operation Flood? This move made India not only self-sufficient in milk production but also the largest producer...

April 16, 2019 |

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Perspective

DhYana – Part 2

Published by | Gayatri Iyer and Raghu Ananthanarayanan

We are all aware about Yogacharya T.Krishnamacharya being a pioneer in using yoga (specifically asana and pranayama) for therapy and well-being. But little did we know that he was...

April 10, 2019 |

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Perspective

Lessons From Mahabharata – Reclaiming The Epic For The 21st Century

Published by | Gautam Chikermane

As India continues on its journey from a $3 trillion to $10 trillion economy, as it reorients its political pendulum from permissions and entitlements to development and prosperity, as...

April 3, 2019 |

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Reviews

Flight Of Deities: A Tale Of Dharmic Resistance

Published by | Hariprasad Nellitheertha

प्रतिष्ठायां सुराणां तु देवतार्चानुकीर्तनं | देवयज्ञोत्सवं चापि बन्धनाद्येन मुच्यते || One must know the true nature and power of divine murthys while consecrating them; By worshipping such images through...

April 1, 2019 |

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Reviews

The Tashkent Files

Published by | Chandrahas Halai

Do you know: Who founded the National Dairy Development Board that started Operation Flood? This move made India not only self-sufficient in milk production but also the largest producer...

April 16, 2019 | comments 0

Reviews

Flight Of Deities: A Tale Of Dharmic Resistance

Published by | Hariprasad Nellitheertha

April 1, 2019 | comments 0

Reviews

Book Review – Draupadi by Sai Swaroopa Iyer

Published by | Subramanyam K. V.

“Guru Patni must be having the same grief as mine; I do not want her to suffer the way I have suffered. Release Him.” With these words, the queen...

February 21, 2019 | comments 0

Reviews

Book review – Supreme Whispers: Conversations with Judges of the Supreme Court of...

Published by | Priyank Chauhan

‘Supreme Whispers’ is the kind of book that is really hard to review. This is because the book is a result of efforts of two different people at two...

January 18, 2019 | comment 1

Interviews

The Pseudoscience of Indology: An Interview with Joydeep Bagchee

With The Nay Science: A History of German Indology, Professor Vishwa Adluri emerged as one of the most powerful critics of Indology, the nineteenth-century field established to study India. Professor Adluri has called Indology “scientized racism,” a “club,” and...

February 8, 2019 |

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Interviews

प्रत्याशा नितिन- एक साक्षात्कार

मैसूर की रहने वाली प्रत्याशा नितिन एक उभरती हुयी इस पीढ़ी की नौजवान चित्रकार और लेखिका हैं | इन्होने हालही में एक लघुकथा प्रकाशित की है और इंडिक टुडे ने इस मौके पे उनसे उनके लेखन और चित्रकारिता पे बातचीत...

December 31, 2018 |

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Interviews

Women And Politics In The Epics – A Conversation

Were women empowered in ancient India? It is a big ‘Yes’! The phrase ‘women empowerment’ will transport you to a terrain of mixed views; the weight will shift more to what we perceive with our eyes and what the...

September 29, 2018 |

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Soft Power

Why You Cannot Leverage Indian Soft Power Without Producing Indic Art

Published by | Sumati Mehrishi

The 1960s and 1970s were times of profound journeys for Indian art. The 1920s and 1930s were even better, perhaps. The constant struggle to find arts in the right...

February 15, 2019 |

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Soft Power

What Is Indic Soft Power And How Can India Leverage It In The Twenty-First Century?

Published by | David Frawley

India had its first ‘Conference on Soft Power’ in New Delhi from 17 to 19 December, hosted by the Center for Soft Power of the India Foundation in collaboration...

February 15, 2019 |

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Soft Power

Diplomacy Over Three Courses

Published by | Sanjay Anandaram

Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American Presidential Medal of Honor awardee, and labour rights activist once famously said “if you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house...

February 14, 2019 |

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Soft Power

The Third Sanskrit Revolution: If Not In India, Then Where?

Published by | Oscar Pujol

Type on your web search engine: “the top ten most pirated books of 2009”. What will you see? A Sanskrit book: the Kamasutra. You can dismiss it by saying:...

February 14, 2019 |

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