The Personal Pathology of Karna
Karna's early training under Rishi Parashurama should have ideally helped him shape his destiny for the better. Yet his personal pathology made him choose to support Duryodhana, the personification of evil.
Duryodhana and Karna: A Friendship that Never was
The first episode of a series analysing the nature of the relationship between Duryodhana and Karna.
Vyasa Purnima: The Unsurpassed Educational Heritage of India
A detailed exploration of Vyasa Purnima or Guru Purnima, a sacred day that reminds Hindus of the unparalleled educational heritage of Bharatavarsha. There is nothing like this anywhere in the world.
The Fabulous Tradition of Adaptive Direct Transmission of Sacred Knowledge Through Itihasa and Purana
Our ancient Rishis, Gurus and Acharyas relied on direct communication of essential knowledge and developed creative and flexible methods for its retention and transmission so that it reached the last person.
What the Masters Said: Rescue Indian Education Before it is too Late
The first of a two-part series delineating the wisdom, diagnosis and solutions that our past masters and savants like Swami Vivekananda, Ananda Coomaraswamy and R.K. Mookerji offered about the urgent problem of education in India
The Profound Sanatana Storytelling Tradition on the Edge of Extinction: An Introduction to Our Grandmothers
The first part of a series exploring the systematic destruction of the timeless tradition of Sanatana storytelling and the civilisational costs it entails.
Profound Prefaces: Mahabrahmana
It will be an interesting topic in a study of literary history to trace the first book—fiction or non-fiction—for which a preface was written. It is a good practice that has thankfully sustained the roughs of time and taste without falling off the crag. In the hands