Concept of a Raga – II
In the previous post, I ended with Mukund Lath’s central question: How do we…
The Concept of a Raga – I
The concept of the Raga, without doubt, is the key to understanding Indian classical…
Classics and Ways of Thinking
Initiating students into classics has long been considered central to the idea of a…
Why Moksha is Not “Salvation”?
One of the central problems within Indian tradition that scholars grapple with is moksha,…
Bhakti as Swaswaroopanusandhanam
We are used to thinking of bhakti as devotion to a personal God. This…
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…
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