Now that I find myself more often in the gentle company of books and beneath the gracious gaze of Devi Saraswati, I can’t help but remember a lesson from my school days , one that shaped not just my understanding of history, but my relationship with knowledge itself. It was…

In a world overflowing with opinions, noise, and endless scrolling, the ancient whisper of “Attha Deepa Bhava” — Be your own light — feels like a call back to stillness. These words, born from the wisdom of the Buddha and carried through the sacred corridors of Nalanda, are not just…

In an old aṅgan in Mithila, a grandmother hums a Maithili lullaby. In the streets of Muzaffarpur, the beats of dholak rise as Bajjika folk songs echo during festivals. In the houses of Siwan, Bhojpuri gaari is sung in the weddings. In Gaya, the sohar and jhumar of Magahi flow…

Indian Knowledge Traditions have evolved through an intersection of processes.The journey of self awareness positioned around the man’s search for a meaningful existence to creating a harmonious relationship with the world outside has undegone a series of debates, discourses and vivid disagreements too. The Nalanda ethos is nothing short of an…