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Indian Philosophy on the Concept of Heaven and Hell
Traditionally speaking, especially through the lens of Christianity and Islam, it is believed that you are born once and you die once, and when you die, you either go to heaven or hell, depending on how you lived your life. This, however, is not the case when we come to the Indian religions. Since rebirth… Read more
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The Story of Mahabharata – Part Two
In the first part of The Story of Mahabharata we learnt about the two brothers — Dhritarashtra and Pandu. Since Dhritarashtra was the elder brother, he was supposed to get the throne of Hastinapur, but because he was blind, Pandu was chosen as the rightful heir. The marriage life of the two brothers was no… Read more
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The Story of Mahabharata – Part One
In this series, I am going to narrate the story of Mahabharata. The epic poem consists of over a hundred thousand couplets in Sanskrit, therefore, it is likely that a number of details will be missing from this account. Nevertheless, here is an attempt to give you a flavour of this thousands of years old… Read more
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What is Mahabharata? – The Underlying Philosophy of the Great Indian Epic
There are many ways to answer the question — what is Mahabharata? This is often the case with ancient epics, as there are several ways to interpret them. Mahabharata, being the longest of them all (it is ten times Iliad and Odyssey put together), tells the tale of a political struggle between two groups of… Read more
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What is Mahabharata? The Underlying Philosophy of the Great Indian Epic
There are many ways to answer the question — what is Mahabharata? This is often the case with ancient epics, as there are several ways to interpret them. Mahabharata, being the longest of them all (it is ten times Iliad and Odyssey put together), tells the tale of a political struggle between two groups of… Read more
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The Underrated Poetry of Tolkien
We remember JRR Tolkien for his Magnum opus The Lord of the Rings. We remember him through hobbits, elfs, dwarfs, orcs, trolls, wizards and dragons and… Gollum. But seldom do we talk about his poems and songs. The lyricism in his writings is quite extraordinary and must be appreciated. Which is why I have picked… Read more
