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On the Guru-Shishya Relationship

Published by | Aditi Bannerjee

A few months ago, I heard Swami Sarvapriyananda of the Vedanta Society of New York recount a story that touches deeply on the relationship between the guru and shishya. The...

July 16, 2019 |

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Interviews

Ganjhon ki Goshthi – An Interview With Saket Suryesh

Published by | Aparna Sridhar

Saket Suryesh’s book Ganjhon ki Goshthi is a collection of contemporary satirical essays in Hindi. The book brings out Saket’s world view as he consistently takes a dig at...

July 10, 2019 |

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Interviews

Amish Tripathi Talks About His Latest Book ‘Raavan’

Published by | Avatans Kumar

Described as ‘India’s first literary popstar’ by world-renowned film director Shekhar Kapur, Amish’s unique combination of crackling story-telling, religious symbolism and profound philosophies has turned him into an Indian...

July 8, 2019 |

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Reviews

Navayug Ke Dashavatar – India’s Glorious Years Animated

Published by | Aparna Sridhar

India today seems to be a country with a history, but not a past. While we are largely familiar with what has happened in the last century or so,...

July 2, 2019 |

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Perspective

Upanayana Samskara

Published by | Hariprasad Nellitheertha

Among the sixteen prominent samskaras that a dharmika is mandated to undergo, there are three samskaras that are in vogue even today, and relatively well practiced. The namakarana samskara...

July 1, 2019 |

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Reviews

Navayug Ke Dashavatar – India’s Glorious Years Animated

Published by | Aparna Sridhar

India today seems to be a country with a history, but not a past. While we are largely familiar with what has happened in the last century or so,...

July 2, 2019 | comments 2

Reviews

Book Review: ‘The Sabarimala Confusion: Menstruation Across Cultures: A Historical...

Published by | Sneha Nagarkar

The whole issue of menstruation and related matters came to the fore during the recent Supreme Court Judgement which allowed women of the reproductive age to enter the sacred...

May 10, 2019 | comments 0

Reviews

Book Review: Londonistan

Published by | Abhinav Agarwal

As Britain becomes more multi-cultural and more heterogeneous a society, it has also had to face a most unfortunate consequence of this intermingling. People – immigrants – who have...

April 23, 2019 | comments 0

Reviews

The Tashkent Files – A Review

Published by | Avatans Kumar

One of the sad narratives of the modern India is that of a ‘disconnect’ – the disconnect between what most know instinctively as the reality and what is presented...

April 20, 2019 | comments 0

Interviews

Ganjhon ki Goshthi – An Interview With Saket Suryesh

Published by | Aparna Sridhar

Saket Suryesh’s book Ganjhon ki Goshthi is a collection of contemporary satirical essays in Hindi. The book brings out Saket’s world view as he consistently takes a dig at...

July 10, 2019 |

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Interviews

Amish Tripathi Talks About His Latest Book ‘Raavan’

Published by | Avatans Kumar

July 8, 2019 |

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Interviews

The Khanjira’s on a roll

Published by | Aparna Sridhar

It was Carnatic vocalist DK Pattammal who asked Khanjira maestro G Harishankar’s mother, “From your womb, did you deliver a baby or the Khanjira itself?” This is the late...

June 20, 2019 |

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Interviews

An American nuclear physicist’s love for India

Published by | Indic Today

March 18, 2019 |

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