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Know Thyself? Sure. But How?
Know thyself. Everybody, from that friend who acts like a therapist to an enlightened spiritual guru, would tell you that. It makes sense too. What’s the point in reading hundreds of books, if we remain ignorant to what has been written on our minds? However, soon we realise the problem. We may look like the… Read more
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The Price You Pay for Bad Art
There is no such thing as ‘good art’ or ‘bad art’, you might say. That it’s all subjective. Fair enough. However, for the purpose of this discussion, let’s confine ourselves to the idea of depth in art. That is to say, on one end you have an art that barely brushes the surface of your… Read more
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Conversation with an English Cricket Historian
Cricket started in English countryside before it found devotees, followers and lovers in all of the far-flung reaches of the old British Empire. That’s why, we (in India), often associate it with the legacy of the Empire, although we do maintain that now it is as much Indian as British. (Like the English language, perhaps?… Read more
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Temple, Mosque and the Complicated Religious History of India
In the beginning there was a temple. The temple became a mosque and there was chatter all around. And because the mosque was once a temple, the chatter never really died down and turned into a more serious matter. This is the story of Ayodhya, Gywanvapi and countless other religious sites in India which used… Read more
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What is Art?
Sometimes we look at something — an object, a picture, a piece of writing — and instinctively call it an art. But, rarely do we pause and reflect on this question: what is art? Is every object an art? Is every piece of writing an art? Or every kind of music, and by extension every… Read more
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Podcast: The Vedanta Philosophy
Continuing our journey on the different schools of the Indian philosophy, let’s talk about the Vedanta philosophy today. The literal meaning of the term Vedanta is “the end of the Vedas, or the culmination of the Vedic teaching and wisdom.” The term originally referred to the Upanishads, the last literary products of the Vedic period.… Read more
