Maryada – Dharma In Ramayana By Arshia Sattar
Arshia Sattar is the translator of Ramayana and other Sanskrit texts. She has written a series of books on her reflections on the story...
Pilgrim Nation By Devdutt Pattanaik
Pilgrim Nation – The making of Bharatvarsh by Devdutt Pattanaik takes you across 32 pilgrim sites across India. Written in a chronological manner it...
The Hindu Way An Introduction To Hinduism By Shashi Tharoor
The Hindu Way wants to give an Introduction to Hinduism – to whom I don’t know. It is not an easy task for the...
Sri Devi Lila – The Play of the Divine Mother by Vanamali
Sri Devi Lila has been in my library for at least a decade now. I bought it at an exhibition in Delhi. Why did...
Devi Mahatmyam In Praise of the Goddess – Devadatta Kali
Devi Mahatmyam was the next text I picked up to read after Tulsi Ramayana. It is seemingly a small text, with only 700 verses....
Nine Nights of the Goddess – The Navaratri Festival
Nine Nights of the Goddess – a compilation of the essays on Navaratri celebrations across South Asia promised to take me through the different...
Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker by Pavan K Varma
Adi Shankaracharya – Why did none of my textbooks ever thought me about this? This is the first question that comes to your mind...
Rama and Ayodhya by Meenakshi Jain
For last 30 odd years, we know of Rama and Ayodhya through the Ram Janambhoomi controversy. As a college going student, I have lived...
The Making of Early Kashmir by Shonaleeka Kaul
The Making of Early Kashmir – The landscape and identity in the Rajatarangini by Shonaleeka Kaul is a delightful book. I picked it up...
Yogini Cult & Temples – A Tantric Tradition by Vidya Dehejia
Yogini – What comes to your mind when you hear this word? Those of us who follow Yoga may think of it as a...