Nala, Rtuparna and their knowledge-exchange

Snakes or serpents appear prominently in many ancient literatures around the world. In ancient Egypt, Ouroboros is the snake that eats its own tail, perhaps representing the renewal of order out of disorder.

Faizi, Akbar and Sanskrit literature

The Mughal period in India was a fascinating and intriguing period from the perspective of development and dissemination of Sanskrit literature.

India, Africa and African Americans

Cultural exchange and interaction between African or African-origin people and Indian people has a long and important history

On worshipping the sun as god

The sun has been worshipped as a deity in many of the major religious traditions in history, dating at least from the ancient Egyptian religion which worshipped the sun god 𒊑𒀀 (a.k.a. Re or Ra).

Some technological worldviews

In our attempt to understand our universe and our place within it, thinkers of all periods and regions have deployed models borrowed from technological frameworks.

Ethics and Action in Indian Literature

Dharma, religion and morality in the Mahabharata

Emotions and Indian music

The Sāma Veda and its place in the Indian musical tradition

Emotions in Indian Art and Poetry

A verse and a painting on Rama’s love for Sita

Emotions in Indian literature

… as a source of spontaneity in the Ramayana and some works of Kālidāsa

Chance events and Indian Philosophy

Encountering reality as radically singular, unique and ineffable