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This interview presents a sustained dialogue with Mahāmahopādhyāya Piyal Bhattacharya, founder of Chidākāśa and originator of the concept of Mārga Nāṭya, on the…
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This interview presents a sustained dialogue with Mahāmahopādhyāya Piyal Bhattacharya, founder of Chidākāśa and originator of the concept of Mārga Nāṭya, on the…
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In this interview, Lubna Marium — dancer, choreographer, and founder of Dhaka's Shadhona — discusses her new initiative Embodied Feminism, which challenges danc…
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This companion essay follows the reception of Yāska's Nirukta across two and a half millennia, from Sāyaṇācārya's Vedic commentaries and Kumārila Bhaṭṭa's Mīmāṃ…
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This essay introduces Yāska, the earliest known systematiser of Vedic etymology, and his foundational text, the Nirukta. It traces his place among the six Vedāṅ…
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A philosopher asks whether the self can exist without others, drawing on phenomenology, Indian thought, and the shared experiences that make us who we are.
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A look at how Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa invented over a hundred inner selves, and why the questions he asked about identity echo ideas Indian philosophy h…
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Transcribed from the recorded session of 21 February 2026. Speaker identifications are editorial. Jay Garfield\\\\\\'s transcript artefacts (automated voice-ass…
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