Indian Philosophy

Book review | Central teaching of Vedanta: Man is essentially divine

Dhruv S Kaji’s book, ‘Vedanta Vignettes’, contains a selection from the notes, articles, and discussion papers written by him over a period. They are like snapshots dealing with some of the issues discussed in the Vedantic scriptures

Right Word | How Bharatiya tradition of ‘Vaad’ can help uplift our public discourse that has hit a new low

The root cause of this problem is that we adopted the Western framework of ‘debate’ under European influence of around 200 years and left our own tradition of ‘Vaad’ that we have inherited since the birth of our civilisation

Decoding India's love for cricket, Bollywood — and why we value individual growth over team endeavours

India's fondness for both cricket and Bollywood can be traced to the need to constantly look inward to find answers and seek self-realisation

MJ Akbar says only nationalism, nation-state can combat 'existential challenge' of terrorism

Speaking at the India Ideas Conclave, MJ Akbar contended that faith-based terrorism challenges the concept of a nation-state and presents an existential challenge

Why post-independent India is at odds with its true nature

Why do we like Vidya Balan more in Kahaani and less in Kismet Konnection? Is it because the former is closer to what we see as more Indian?