Essays

The Quiet Science of Roadside Conversions
An admiring study of India's most overlooked marketplace — the intersection where rules meet negotiation, and every encounter resolves itself.

The Concert Economy of Musicstaan
"In Musicstaan, even silence hums." A fable about a nation built on music, the promoters who packaged it, and the crowds who still believe.
Learned Men
The windows of the class are opened wide. But closed shut are those of our minds.
Happiness
What is happiness? I have always tried to remember the time when I was truly happy. And I was surprised that I couldn't even think of a single time.
The Doors of Perception
The Sun was always the same — it was my tints of view that made it seem that way. On perception, attachment, and cleansing the windows of the mind.
Experiences with Swamiji
Swamiji has a way of answering in a way that the right chords are plucked in the seeker, and the truth strums out from within.
The Spiritual Guru
The Guru is the sheer energy which makes the events of a person's life unfold — present in all things, through all times.
Spirituality in the 21st Century
Can something discovered 6000 years ago still be applicable in the modern day rat race we call life?
Yuvaiva Dharmasheelah Syaat
An army of 136 yuvas set forth towards the Dhak cha Bhairi temple — and found something more than a mountain.