Simhastha Mela: Pilgrim’s Prowess in Ujjain

The Permanent Pursuit of the Imperfect

Gods, goddesses and the human indicator of happiness

Simhasth: Stage Set for Celestial Drama

Happier Is the Selfless

Building relationships beyond quid pro quo

A Relative Question of the Ascetic

Adi Shankaracharya and the idea of a sannyasi

A Cowing Down Story

The intricacies of not eating beef in Haryana

Janaka’s Questions

And Ashtavakra’s idea of freedom and bondage

How We Valued Value

Wealth is a neglected domain in our scriptures because they were written by brahmins and that is also why artha is intertwined with dharma

Modi’s Perception War

Modi has to regain the argument at home by not letting the mad men of the Hindu Right undermine his ambition

Saving History from Historians

The late Marxist historian DD Kosambi continues to wield tremendous influence on the study of Hinduism. But his disciples have disallowed any rational critique of the man and have zealously ignored the religion’s diversity