Two Idioms of Belonging: The Nation and the Civilization
We often come across two kinds of idioms being used in our everyday political…
On the Ethical Domain and Bhakti
It has been noted that unlike the Greek culture which spearheaded thinking about the…
III – Conceptual Explorations on Bhakti
( with inputs from Habil. Narahari Rao) Two Strands of Scholarship There are predominantly…
II – Existing Scholarship on Bhakti: Casting Bhakti as Religion
Attempts to make sense of bhakti tend to impose Western categories of interpretation. Often…
I – On Bhakti: Loss of a concept?
Concept of Bhakti For those grown up in India, it appears, at least on…
Indian Classical Music and the near-absence of Harmony
A young, musically talented nephew of mine, raised a question: Why is it that…
Making Sense of Superstitions
Today, our everyday lives are fraught with some kind of larger intellectual conflict. This…
The Confusion between Liberal (Arts) Education and Liberalism
One of the problems confronting us today is the lack of an appropriate idiom…
A Response to Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s article on decolonization
Pratap Bhanu Mehta has written a thought-provoking piece on the problems with the current…
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