Long-form reading, cultural commentary, and original thinking.
This interview presents a sustained dialogue with Mahāmahopādhyāya Piyal Bhattacharya, founder of Chidākāśa and originator of the concept of Mārga Nāṭya, on the theoretical and practical foundations of his performance methodology grounded in Bharata's Nāṭyaśās…
This interview presents a sustained dialogue with Mahāmahopādhyāya Piyal Bhattacharya, founder of Chidākāśa an…
In this interview, Lubna Marium — dancer, choreographer, and founder of Dhaka's Shadhona — discusses her new i…
This companion essay follows the reception of Yāska's Nirukta across two and a half millennia, from Sāyaṇācāry…
This essay introduces Yāska, the earliest known systematiser of Vedic etymology, and his foundational text, th…
A philosopher asks whether the self can exist without others, drawing on phenomenology, Indian thought, and th…
A look at how Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa invented over a hundred inner selves, and why the questions he a…
Transcribed from the recorded session of 21 February 2026. Speaker identifications are editorial. Jay Garfield…