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Dr. Nandini Murali
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Dr. Nandini Murali is a communications professional, author and researcher in Indic Studies. She is a Contributing Editor with the HinduPost. She loves to wander in the forests with her camera.
The artist’s way: A path to self-awareness through inner joy
As part of the Yoga Samvad series on Yoga, Rasanubhava and Ramya, hosted by Ritambhara, well known Bharata Natyam exponent and scholar Dr. Padma Subramanyam explores the intricate interrelationship between Yoga, the aesthetic experience (rasanubhava) and the resulting inner joy (ramya) as the fountainhead of artistic expression, experience and wisdom...
Tholpavakoothu: The vanishing art of shadow leather puppetry
A Tholpavakoothu performance hosted online by Ritambhara celebrated the wisdom and exuberance of the traditional art form...
Satyanarayana Dasa Babaji: Exemplary Vaishnava scholar
Dr. Shri Satyanaraya Dasa Babaji is a Vaishnava scholar and practitioner of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya and is based in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. He...
Tamil Nadu University withdraws Arundhati Roy’s controversial book in response to ABVP demand
In a bold and assertive move, Manonmanian Sundaranar University in Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu has withdrawn Arundhati Roy’s book 'Walking with Comrades' that was part of the syllabus...
The case for Sanskrit non-translatables: Antidote for Dharmic cultural genocide
Sanskrit Non-translatables: The importance of Sankritizing English is a pioneering initiative that seeks to counter dharmic cultural genocide by Sanskritizing English...
How to celebrate a secular, sanitised Diwali…Tanishq ad shows the way!
Diwali is a festival anchored in the sampradaya traditions and practices of Hindu dharma. You cannot selectively tease out, separate, dislocate elements and expect them to be stand-alone features...
Swami Mitrananda: “If we can reduce the gap between the public and the pandit, that’s being proactive!”
In the second part of the interview, Swami Mitrananda ji of Chinmaya Mission, Chennai, talks about recontextualising Vedanta in a contemporary context and reiterates...
Swami Mitrananda: A Vedantic Vision
In the first of a two-part interview, Swami Mitrananda ji of Chinmaya Mission, Chennai, talks about his quest as a seeker and the initiatives...
Lost in translation: The erosion of Sanskrit
Simplistic and inaccurate English translations of Sanskrit words trivialize dharmic concepts and is symptomatic of hegemonic Western Judeo-Christian paradigms. Sanskritisation of the English language...
The Path of Jnana Yoga
Yoga Samvād: Dialogues on Yoga, a series of insightful dialogues on Yoga, began with its first talk in the series—Dynamic spirituality through Jnana Yoga—co-anchored...