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Re-examining ways to ‘know’ the Mahābhārata: Indology and beyond
Indic Academy is organising a course at IGNCA, New Delhi later this month which challenges existing beliefs.
Looking for ancient manuscripts in India: Where to begin?
'In India, we don't care about history, because we have too much of it.'
Living on the edge: Marginalia in Sanskrit manuscripts
A SOAS Sanskrit Reading Room offering, rich with information and a sense of history and gravity.
Why Sanskrit love poetry is worth immersing yourself in
Meghadūta is the earliest work that has survived to our times, but the idea of a love messenger is quite ancient.
My tribute to Acharya Ramanuja Devanathan, a Sanskrit scholar like no other
While I was in awe of @iksusara's scholarship, I will remember him more for his outlook, his attitude and his intellectual generosity.
Why are women not allowed to chant or study the Vedas?
I am being taught to recite and chant by a pandit who is only interested in my commitment.
Did Indian women have equal education opportunity (according to Vedas)?
Since the early Vedic time, things seem to have got progressively worse for girls.
Students won't suffer if India revives ancient mental learning technique
Avadhāni can compose poetry, while solving a mathematical puzzle, answering riddles and playing chess – all simultaneously.
Could women in ancient India really choose their grooms?
It's nice to romanticise svayaṃvara, but it is just as important to view it critically.
