I migrated this site, on a whim, to Jekyll and now it is deployed via Netlify, with the data on github. I am glad I did it, though it has taken longer… ...more

Pema Karpo, 16th century Tibetan teacher of Vajrayana Buddhism: Don’t reflect on the past. Don’t imagine the future. Don’t meditate with deliberate c… ...more

The Mughal empire is usually described from the perspective of a modern state. The accepted tenet in Indian scholarship is that it was more or less a … ...more

Excerpts from an interview. ...more

Book: The Era of Baji Rao: An Account of the Empire of the Deccan Author: Uday S Kulkarni Most Indian history books are written by partisans, includi… ...more

Notes from Andre Wink's Al-Hind ...more

Book: Ramayana, A Modern Retelling Author: Ramesh Menon It is said that in India you never read the Ramayana or Mahabharata for the first time. As a … ...more

Book: Storm of Songs: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement Author: John Stratton Hawley Hawley, a professor of religion at Barnard College of Co… ...more

Summary Writing is an aid to thinking. By forcing oneself to put things on paper, one forces oneself to think and reason clearly. Good writing is lots… ...more

Book: Infinite Vision Author: Pavithra Mehta Looking back on my years in India, I realized a while ago that I didn't have many examples of excellence… ...more

From this interview of Dr. Srinivasan from Aravind Eye Hospitals: Q: What lessons have you learned that explain Aravind's success? Dr. Srinivasan: Per… ...more

Some questions stop me in my tracks and force me to examine my assumptions about the world. As mental models, I think they are very valuable tools in … ...more