Society & Social Sciences

At the most critical times, especially during negotiations and arguments, memory can fail. Some people can quickly recall faces, but names and date...

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Tagore is unequivocal in his faith. He appreciates the intellectual triumphs of science, but he writes as a poet and philosopher. Man must always b...

Inspired by the life of a sparrow that leads a carefree life, Partibhan, a young and reluctant guru takes off on an amazing journey in evolution. H...

The Prince was written in 1513 but published only in 1532, after Machiavelli's death. It was written at a time of political conflict, violence, ins...

The nyaya philosophy is primarily concerned with the conditions of valid thought and the means of acquiring true knowledge of objects. Its ultimate...

About the Book: The Dance of Shiva: FourteenEssays A remarkable collection of fourteen essays about the uniquenature of Indian art and culture. Wri...

Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time,...

The Bhagavad Gita contains the voice of God and it speaks to each of us, to every mind and heart - individually. This intimate communion transcends...

Revolutionary, philosopher, litterateur, and seer, Sri Aurobindo remains one of the brightest minds India has ever had. This book captures the evol...

Herman Hesse's classic novel has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers. In this story of a wealthy Indi...

There have been many editions of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Some are prose translations which faithfully mirror the thought and imagery of the o...

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfec...

It is a popular belief that the Ramayana is idealistic, while the Mahabharata is realistic. Yet these two epics have identical building blocks, ide...

Reflecting on one of Hinduism’s most popular prayer for positive energyAcclaimed mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik demystifies the Hanuman Chalisa for ...

In My Gita, acclaimed mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik demystifies The Bhagavad Gita for the contemporary reader. His unique approach—thematic rather ...

India in the twenty-first century is-perhaps more than at any other time in its history-a place of contradictions. On the one hand, it is perceived...