Thoughts on the Ramayana – Part 2
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(This is part 2 of the reflections inspired by my YouTube conversation on the Ramayana with my friend Pranav. Available here) Nārada muni had confirmed to Vālmiki that it was possible for someone to have the sixteen guṇa-s, and Ram…
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Thoughts on the Ramayana – Part 1
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Read more: Thoughts on the Ramayana – Part 1(The following reflections are inspired by the conversation I had with Pranav on the Ramayana. Available here) I am finding the story of Ratnakar, the dacoit transforming to Vālmiki, the poet very interesting. Ratnakar used to loot and kill travelers,…
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People Like Us!
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Read more: People Like Us!There is this need that alternative-type people have of looking for a community of ‘People Like Us’. Maybe this is a need that everyone has but it is more noticeable in the alternative crowd because they are a small minority.…
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Ramayana Conversations with Pranav – 1
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Read more: Ramayana Conversations with Pranav – 1I have known Pranav for more than a decade, since our days in CEH at IIIT-Hyderabad. For some time, I have been wanting to have a series of discussions with him on the Rāmāyaṇa. Why Rāmāyaṇa? Like many, I have…
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Illuminations: Passages for contemplation
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Read more: Illuminations: Passages for contemplationI 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…
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Illuminations Workshop at Bangalore
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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…
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Premalekhanam
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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…
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Nitishatakam
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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…
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Some aspects of modernity
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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…
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Knowing and Believing
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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…
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The Ramayan Series: Part 2
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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…
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US Hegemony and its Perils
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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…
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