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.
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...
Kosambi says that the Bhagavad-Gita verses 2.55-72 would not have been possible without the influence of Buddhism (M&R, p. 20). There are three reasons why...
Kosambi goes on to question the veracity of the Mahabharata’s claim on the numbers: “If a Mahabharata war had actually been fought on the scale reported, nearly...
After briefly referring to some commentators on the Gita—including Shankara, Ramanuja, Jnaneshvar, Tilak, Aurobindo, and Gandhi—Kosambi again raises the questio...
In 1962, the Marxist historian D D Kosambi published a work titled Myth and Reality: Studies in the Formation of Indian Culture (hereafter referred to as 'M&...
It seems to me that we Indians are quite talented at criticism. Rapier-sharp logic and critical reasoning has been a part of our heritage for millennia. Such cr...
Indore From Omkareshwar, we reached Indore by around 4 in the evening and had our lunch at a dhaba there. The order was the usual – one dal without onion or gar...
Ananda Coomaraswamy remains one of the most staunch defenders of the Indian tradition in the mold of what David Frawley calls an intellectual kshatriya. Coomara...
A common and genuine fear among conservative Indians (specially the elders) is that the rampant westernization amongst Indians is leading to the gradual decline...
Dhar After Ujjain, the next day’s plan was Dhar, Bagh caves, and Maheshwar. We started early the next morning, had powa and jalebi and headed first to Dhar – dh...