Illuminations: Passages for contemplation
by
-
Read more: Illuminations: Passages for contemplation
I thought of collecting together some of the short passages that are given in the Illuminations book and creating a blog post around them. If you go through these stand-alone passages, some of them may strike you as meaningful or…
-
Illuminations Workshop at Bangalore
by
Read more: Illuminations Workshop at BangaloreLast week I was part of a workshop for parents and teachers of Udhbhavaha school in Bangalore. The methodology (based on A.K. Saran’s ‘Illuminations’) was to read through some short passages, discuss them in small groups and then present it…
-
Premalekhanam
by
Read more: Premalekhanam(Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer is my favourite author. I translated a long story of his, ‘Premalekhanam’ (Love-letter), some 25 years ago. This is how the story begins…) Dearest Saramma,In these difficult times when life is yearningly youthful and the heart brimming…
-
Nitishatakam
by
Read more: NitishatakamI had bought Bhartrhari’s Nitishatakam many years ago when I thought of learning Sanskrit by directly reading original texts and their translations. This project did not take off and I was going through the thin book again yesterday and thought…
-
Some aspects of modernity
by
Read more: Some aspects of modernity(Note: The following is extracted from a conversation on the ‘SIDH Discussion Forum’ WhatsApp group. Click here to join this group) आधुनिकता को सिर्फ intellectually ही नही, उसके उन पक्षों को भी समझना जरूरी है, जिनसे हम एक आम आदमी…
-
Knowing and Believing
by
Read more: Knowing and Believingजानना और मानना बाइनरी नहीं है। अगर हम मानते होते हैं और हम सजग होते हैं कि हम मान रहे हैं, तो यह एक बात होती है जिसका असर दिमाग में एक प्रकार का होता है, जिसके कारण आगे की…
-
The Ramayan Series: Part 2
by
Read more: The Ramayan Series: Part 2राम को वनवास हो जाने पर कौशल्या भरत पर आरोप लगाती हैं कि तुने अपने भाई को वनवास भेजने और अयोध्या का राज हथियाने की सजिश की। इस पर भरत उस काल में निषिद्ध कर्मों का वर्णन यह कहते हुए…
-
US Hegemony and its Perils
by
Read more: US Hegemony and its PerilsThis was the title of a public document that was put up on the official Chinese foreign affairs website on 23th February, 2023. In the bluntness with which it lays out its case, this document is almost a challenge to…
-
Child-centred education
by
Read more: Child-centred educationYou may be surprised that child-centred education is what the national policy documents on education advocate. Take a look at the following inspirational quotes from the National Curricular Framework (NCF), 2005, document. The fact that the government recommendations do not…
-
Why we homeschooled our children
by
Read more: Why we homeschooled our childrenI was thinking about it recently and jotted down some reasons that may have been at the back of our minds when we decided to homeschool our children. Reason 1: I learnt a lot of complicated real-life engineering in the…
-
Sanaatan aur samayik
by
Read more: Sanaatan aur samayikभारत में न्याय और सत्य की समझ और पश्चिम से आई आधुनिकता में न्याय और सत्य की समझ में बड़ा भेद है। और चूंकि हम सभी पढ़े-लिखों पर आधुनिक शिक्षा का चश्मा कमोबेश चढ़ा हुआ है इसलिए यह भेद जब…
-
Covering the earth with leather
by
Read more: Covering the earth with leather“Bodhicharyavatara composed in the 8th century C.E. by Shantideva is one of the most celebrated text of Mahayana Buddhism… In this masterpiece, the author, who belonged to the Madhyamika school of Nagarjuna, describes in detail the conduct of a Bodhisattva.”–…
Join Our Blog
Stay in the loop with everything you need to know.