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Bibek Debroy

Bibek Debroy has translated the Mahabharata and the Valmiki Ramayana into English. He is the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

Kamdhenu’s Wrath by Amruta Patil from Sauptik: Blood and Flowers
Cover Story: Comment
The Sacred Cow: An Epic Stature

Reading the Mahabharata in search of the sacred cow

15 September 2016
Vedic Food for Thought
A GNOSTIC’S NOTEBOOK
Vedic Food for Thought

Eating red meat and reading the Bhagavat Gita

25 August 2016
Superheroes in a Karmic Battle
Society
Superheroes in a Karmic Battle

What the nameless soldier tells us about the morality as well as sociology of wars past and present

28 July 2016
The Faux Stages of Man
Art & Culture
The Faux Stages of Man

The fourfold ashrama classification is a forced attempt to over-simplify the individual

07 July 2016
The Limits of Good Behaviour
Society
The Limits of Good Behaviour

There is nothing absolute in the good or the bad prescribed through a template--and that's the ultimate social dharma

09 June 2016
Sri Aurobindo
Art & Culture
The Delights of Detachment

You don’t have to be an ascetic or a mendicant to remain non-attached amidst worldly pursuits

12 May 2016
Janus (Photo: Getty Images)
Art & Culture
The Permanent Pursuit of the Imperfect

Gods, goddesses and the human indicator of happiness

14 April 2016
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Society
Happier Is the Selfless

Building relationships beyond quid pro quo

16 March 2016
Lobster-main1
India
Lobster as a Metaphor

1991 A Personal History

08 March 2016
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Books
Home Alone

There is more to Rajiv Malhotra’s latest book on Sanskrit than the usual Pollock pickle

25 February 2016

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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