The Hindu epic Mahabharata is far more than just an epic poem featuring noble ideals, supernatural characters, and atrocious conflicts that end in a manufactured peace. It's not a moral and theological discourse built around a long story, as many academics would have us believe; it stands for the very contemporary notions of policy and diplomatic tactics that we see in the world today, and its lessons echo through our administrative institutions. Illustration by The Geostrata

The early years of childhood engrain what we are told as unalterable, hard facts. Some of these facts find their way into our conscious...

Why Bharat Matters by Rupa Publication and authored by India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar, could be the one book that the

Mandala is a Sanskrit term, meaning “Circles”. The Mandala theory was given by Kautilya, an ancient Indian philosopher and strategic...

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