After casting aspersions on the authenticity of the Great War, Kosambi goes on to examine the ethics of the Gita as if the war happened exactly as narrated by t...
A popular prayer from the Upanishads implores a movement from lies to truth, from darkness to brightness, and from death to eternal life (Brihadaranyaka Upanish...
ಭಾರತೀಯರು ಹಬ್ಬಗಳನ್ನು ವ್ರತ, ಪರ್ವ, ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ಸವಗಳೆಂದು ಪ್ರಾಯಿಕವಾಗಿ ಮೂರು ವರ್ಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ವ್ರತ ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕವಾದದ್ದು. ಧರ್ಮ-ಮೊಕ್ಷಗಳಿಗೇ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾಧಾನ್ಯ. ನಿಯಮ-ನಿಷ್ಠೆಗ...
Kosambi hurls an accusation at Krishna for being the creator of the system of varnas – “Not only that, the god himself had created such differences (G.4.13): “T...
The penultimate part of the travelogue of Madhya Bharata covering Udaigiri Caves, Udayapura temple, Heliodorus Pillar and the course of the Narmada at Bheda Ghat.
An informative piece listing and describing the five lessons that the life and deeds of Hanuman can teach us.
Kosambi accuses the Bhagavad-Gita of being a perverse tool used by brahmanas to justify their actions: “The main conclusion is surely the following: Practically...
An essay on the status and the freedoms that women enjoyed in ancient India tracing the history from the earliest Rg Vedic age.
The first part of a series describing the literary, artistic, cultural and social life during the reign of Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire.
An essay drawing parallels between how a detective searches for the truth and the process of reasoning in Philosophy.
Dr. G.L. Krishna's ICPR seminar paper on the guiding philosophy of Ayurveda drawing from primary sources like Vagbhata and Charaka.
What can we do to stay healthy? Nothing much frankly, except for an easy adherence to a few simple rules. These rules relate to the four pillars of health namel...