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How must we remember Sushruta's contribution?

India, July 12 -- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's decision to honour Sushruta reflects a growing recognition that the history of medicine has always been shaped by exchanges across civilizati... Read More


Who gets to interpret India's past?

India, June 7 -- A broader narrative has emerged in which Indian civilisation is portrayed not as a historically evolving continuum but as a disconnected assemblage of peoples, cultures, and tradition... Read More


Ananda Coomaraswamy and the meaning of civilization

India, May 24 -- When one speaks of modern India's ideas of culture, civilization, and a sense of being, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy is among the most underappreciated intellectual architects. Because... Read More


No negotiations on illegal immigration

India, May 17 -- There is a tendency in certain sections of intellectual and political discourse to blur the distinction between migration and illegal infiltration. That distinction, however, matters ... Read More


Modern lessons from Theravada Buddhism

India, May 10 -- In the complex realities of the 21st century, the individual is frequently removed from the collective. The former is disillusioned with loneliness and existential crisis, while the l... Read More


Scholar-spiritual thinker: Why Ashvaghosha matters today

India, May 3 -- Ashvaghosha, generally placed around the first-second century CE during the reign of the Kushan ruler Kanishka, is among the earliest known classical Sanskrit poets and dramatists. In... Read More


Women's bill is Bharat's democratic destiny

India, April 19 -- The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam 2023 was defeated on the floor of Parliament. The combined opposition raised the issue of the government laying an electoral trap for the non-Hindi-... Read More