His new book 'The Twice Born: Life and Death on the Ganges' explores Sanskrit, Benaras and being modern in India

Why I feel Modi has disappointed his mandate and Nehru could have done more

His new book 'The Twice-Born: Life and Death on the Ganges' explores Sanskrit, Benaras and being modern in India.

Why news of Muslim girl scoring 100 in Sanskrit in CBSE Class 10 fills Indian hearts with pride

Why a Muslim girl scoring 100 in Sanskrit in CBSE Class 10 is no news

It's sad that the religious identity of the 15-year-old girl overshadowed her academic performance.

What the oldest work on Kashmir can tell you about the 'demise' of Kashmiri

[Book excerpt] Kalhana's Rājataraṅgiṇī — the oldest record of Kashmir's history — shows how the cosmopolitan became the vernacular.

Census primarily asks a question about mother tongue

[Book extract] Some people don't perceive it to possess value.

'In India, we don't care about history, because we have too much of it.'

Living on the edge: Marginalia in Sanskrit manuscripts

A SOAS Sanskrit Reading Room offering, rich with information and a sense of history and gravity.

Is BJP not saffronising education in Assam by imposing Sanskrit?

BJP seems to be on a mission to saffronise education in the state.

While I was in awe of @iksusara's scholarship, I will remember him more for his outlook, his attitude and his intellectual generosity.

Mamata Banerjee's purge of Sanskrit words makes her phenomenally stupid

Somebody in the West Bengal government has acted like a ramchagol!

I am being taught to recite and chant by a pandit who is only interested in my commitment.