Rohini Bakshi

Indic Academy is organising a course at IGNCA, New Delhi later this month which challenges existing beliefs.

'In India, we don't care about history, because we have too much of it.'

A SOAS Sanskrit Reading Room offering, rich with information and a sense of history and gravity.

Meghadūta is the earliest work that has survived to our times, but the idea of a love messenger is quite ancient.

While I was in awe of @iksusara's scholarship, I will remember him more for his outlook, his attitude and his intellectual generosity.

I am being taught to recite and chant by a pandit who is only interested in my commitment.

Since the early Vedic time, things seem to have got progressively worse for girls.

Avadhāni can compose poetry, while solving a mathematical puzzle, answering riddles and playing chess – all simultaneously.

It's nice to romanticise svayaṃvara, but it is just as important to view it critically.

Importantly, it is not about the tune, but the meter.

Learnings from the 5th Sanskrit Journalists Conference.

A lot can be learned from a comparative study of texts.

The cosmic mother does not turn her back on any of her children.

Gaṇapati is worshipped by all castes and by all sects.

One of the greatest sources of pride for a Hindu is that rituals can be traced in an unbroken line all the way back to the Rig Veda.

Far from being retrogressive, the tradition is dynamic, all too ready to adapt and change with times.

It is not just in Kalyug that kirtan helps attain salvation.

The law books of ancient India blame the man squarely, on the assumption that all women are seductive, but the man is culturally responsible.

In truth the divine is unknowable, and to try and find his origins is a reckless task.

A lot of questions remain unanswered about the widely revered deity.

The variety is mind-boggling, yet they share a common core as ancient as the Ṛgveda.

His devotees believe he is omnipresent though invisible, and will manifest himself when we need him.

From early Vedic sacrifice to temple worship as we know it today, the concept of atonement for sins has come a long way.

The success of Sanskrit at the school level is predicated on the quality of textbook content and the nature of instruction

There are many reasons for the traditional New Year to coincide with the spring season and with March 21st, the equinox in particular.

It mediates otherwise contentious boundaries of social difference.

Sanskrit roots are marvelously versatile; each root can generate upward of 2,500 words, through combining with prefixes, primary and secondary suffixes.

Followers tweeted to create a rich feed of greetings and images to mark the wedding ceremony of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.

If Sanskrit elevates you, keep it close. And if it oppresses you, in the words of Sun Tzu, 'Keep it even closer'.