Apr 28, 2024
27 stories
A brief note on Marie Seton, celebrated international film personality and biographer of a/o Jawaharlal Nehru and Satyajit Ray.
About Raja Rammohan Roy, founder of the celebrated Brahmo Samaj, and his intimate connection to social justice and educational reformists in 19th Century Bristol (UK)
Brief biographical notes on Indian writers Nirad Chaudhuri (1897-1999) & Khushwant Singh (1915-2014), and Singh's stance on the role of religion and prayer
Francis Laleman remembering Indian critical author Khushwant Singh (1915-2014), on the tenth anniversary of his death at the ripe age of 99, with quotes.
The four pillars of Indian Buddhist philosophy and praxis, represented for modern readers.
A modern retelling of Katha Upanishad, a Sanskrit text from ancient Hinduism, discussing the philosophy of life and death, including tattvamasi.
A few notes on the connection between patriarchy and behavioral attitudes with regard to class and caste.
India has been caught by a namechanger craze for more than decade. The ultimate namechage is next-level: Changing the name of India itself.
An intercultural exploration of yoga seen from a historical perspective, with notes on Edward Said's Orientalism (1978)
Notes on (im)perfection and an analysis of the theory of perfections in Buddhist Paramita Literature.
Vo firāq aur vo visāl kahāñ (Ghalib) - a creative rendering in English
The Mughal Gardens in Delhi. Renaming notwithstanding, Mughal gardens they have never been, or they remain (depedent on how one looks at them).
A most memorable text. A celebration, with a full transcript.
Reflections on architect-designer Balkrishna Doshi and the Aranya Housing Project.
How teaching Sanskrit set me on the road to becoming a learner expetience designer and facilitator.
Reflections on Ikigai (a meaningful life), Daode Jing, the Nasadiya Sukta (from Rig Veda), the Chandogya Upannishad, and more.
What Rabindranath Tagore was to Bengal, Muhammad Iqbal was to the west of the Punjab. A universal thinker, a philosopher, an artist, a poet. And an educator.
Batesonian reflections on sense and nonsense of the Hindutva Ghar Wapsi policy - in the context of the indigeneity of India's Adivasi population.
My personal story with Sanskrit, Pali, India, and Buddhism.
Reflections on ikigai (a meaningful life), Rabindranath Tagore's Ghare Baire (Home and The World), and Sudarshan Faqir's immortal Paper Boat song.
