A freewheeling chat with modern-day polymath and Sanskrit scholar, Shataavadhaani Dr. R. Ganesh about sanatana dharma, religion and modernity, text and spi...
Of late in classical dance performances, the proportion of nrutta, which lacks creative interpretation and expression, is on the rise. At the same time, rasabhi...
While Krishna praises the trait of detachment and contentment, he emphasizes the need for hard work. At the risk of sounding paradoxical, he says in the Gi...
गोविन्द-नन्दनतया च वपुःश्रिया च मास्मिन्नृपे कुरुत कामधियं तरुण्यः । अस्त्री-करोति जगतां विषये स्मर स्त्रीः अस्त्रीजनः पुनरनेन विधीयते स्त्रीः ॥ Sriharsha, the...
The Mahabharata was also known as Jaya (victory). By using the word ‘जय,’ Vedavyasa speaks of kshaatra and valor. There, both dharma and adharma are permanent,...
An essay describing how the Hindu tradition has always stood for openness contrasted with Abrahamic faiths.
Why it is futile to judge people by their habits but rewarding to look at their intrinsic worth and contributions.
ऐश्वर्य-मद-मत्तोऽसि मामवज्ञाय वेत्स्यसे । उपस्थितेषु बौद्धेषु मदधीना तव स्थितिः ॥ In Sanskrit, a huge corpus of literature is dedicated to shastra. No branch of...
The uniqueness of sanatana dharma is its universality. Three cardinal features confer upon it its universal character. These three are however not mutually excl...
Often I come across people who say things like: “I’m not religious but I’m spiritual,” “I like the philosophy of Hinduism but I don’t know why we have all these...
The Sanskrit Podcast hosted by Shoba Narayan and featuring Dr. Shankar Rajaraman, where he discusses the relevance of poetry in the modern world. One the...
When describing Rama, Valmiki says, “कुलोचितमिति क्षात्रं धर्मं स्वं बहुमन्यते” in the beginning of the Ayodhya Kanda (1.16). Rama opined that kshaatra was the...