In one of my earlier articles – Happiness, Flow, and the Upanishads – I had discussed the meaning of happiness and how the concept of ‘flow’ closely aligns with...
A documentary on the legendary singer Bharat Ratna M S Subbulakshmi. Today, MS is synonymous with melody and devotion. v
इत्यर्थ-क्वथितं चैवा-प्येतिभावाख्य-तेमनम् ।सज्जीकृते सुभुक्त्यर्थंतुष्यताद्भवदाशयः ॥ We have seen that Mallinatha, lost in his scholarly activities, didn’t spen...
The Western tradition uses the word ‘philosophy’ (love of wisdom) to denote the study of the fundamental nature of reality. In the Indian tradition, we use the...
Evolution of Raaga Raagas have changed and even transformed with respect to the definition given by Bharatamuni. Of course, it is only natural for pers...
“Who am I?” This question has haunted thinkers and philosophers from the earliest times. It is the question that drove the sixteen-year-old Venkataraman to even...
तिन्त्रिणीदलसमानलोचनेदेवदुन्दुभिसमानमध्यमे ।अर्कशुष्कफलव्ध्वनस्तनिरामवैरिभगिनीव राजसे ॥ Mallinatha was a great commentator. His felicity in capturing the crux o...
Kosambi launches into a polemic against Krishna, considering him as a real person, forgetting that he himself had cast doubts on the existence of Krishna in the...
The Geeta exposition is essentially contained between the words 'अशोच्यान्' (BG 2.11) and 'मा शुच:' (BG 18.66). The central message is quite simply ‘grieve not’...
It is usually thought in the world of classical arts, especially in the Carnatic circles in India that a prodigy is born in a family which is rich with a music...
किं वाससा चीकरिबाकिरेणकिं दारुणा वङ्कर-टिङ्करेण ।सर्वज्ञभूपालविलोकनार्थंवैदुष्यमेको विदुषां सहायः ॥ Mahamahopadhyaya Mallinatha Suri, the celebrated scholar, wr...
Of late, echoes of a certain something called "Art Therapy" has been resonating throughout our land. More specifically, there has been an increase in the number...