Buddhism

‘Why Do You Want The Headache of Two Dalai Lamas’

Lhendup G Bhutia

Lhendup G Bhutia in conversation with Penpa Tsering, the political head of the Central Tibetan Administration

Beijing Wants a Monk In Marionette Strings

Kush Sharma

China wants to control the succession of the next Dalai Lama, a step that is at odds with Tibetean spiritualism and religious autonomy

The Praxis of Evil

Dipankar Gupta

Waging war and singing peace

Star-crossed Lovers

Chintan Girish Modi

Reimagining the early life and relationship of Siddhartha Gautama and Yasodhara

Bharat vs India

Arvind Sharma

The former has built a new Ram temple. What does the latter prefer?

Paths to Liberation

Alka Pande

An aesthetic exploration of Buddhist traditions

The Buddha at Home

Bhavya Dore

John Guy brings together more than 125 objects about the origins of Buddhism in his new book and a recent exhibition

The Asiatic Triangle

Pallavi Aiyar

Buddhism binds India, China and Japan but not with a common thread

Born Again

Madhavankutty Pillai

The idea of reincarnation has not lost its appeal despite science and modern societies based on reason

On the Ashoka Trail

Ullekh NP

Nayanjot Lahiri travels through Asia to explore the different images of the Mauryan emperor. The author in conversation with Open

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Buddhism

‘Why Do You Want The Headache of Two Dalai Lamas’

Beijing Wants a Monk In Marionette Strings

The Praxis of Evil

Star-crossed Lovers

Bharat vs India

Paths to Liberation

The Buddha at Home

The Asiatic Triangle

Born Again

On the Ashoka Trail

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