Dispatch

39 dispatches · archaeology, philosophy, culture, AI + dharma

PhilosophyDiscussion

Is karmayoga compatible with social justice? A contemporary reading

The Bhagavad Gita's concept of karmayoga, or the path of selfless action, has been interpreted as a call to individual duty, but its implications for social justice are more nuanced. By examining the intersections of karma, dharma, and social responsibility, this reading reveals the potential for karmayoga to inform a more equitable and just society. Through a critical lens, the ancient text's relevance to contemporary struggles for social justice is reevaluated.

10 min8 May
ArchaeologyAI-assisted

Sub-surface mapping reveals 8th-century structures beneath Kashi temple complex

6 min8 May
CultureField report

Tanjore manuscripts: what the palace library contains and why it matters

10 min8 May
RestorationOngoing

Digital documentation of the Ellora caves before the next monsoon season

10 min7 May
PhilosophyLong read

Why Advaita and modern neuroscience are starting to ask the same questions

12 min7 May
AI + DharmaDeep dive

Sanskrit as a formal language: what Pāṇini's grammar reveals about computation

10 min7 May
CultureProfile

The last hereditary Vedic reciters of Nambudiri Kerala

10 min7 May
RestorationField report

Hampi mandapa restoration completes phase three using laser-guided stonework

5 min6 May
OpinionEditorial

The problem with "tolerance" as a frame for Sanātana Dharma

10 min6 May
AI + DharmaDiscussion

Can a language model translate the silence of an Upaniṣad?

9 min5 May
PhilosophyLong read

The three bodies doctrine: a map of consciousness modern science is redrawing

10 min4 May
AI + DharmaTechnical

Training on the Vedas: what corpus shape does for a language model

10 min3 May
RestorationProfile

Mukteshvara temple, Bhubaneswar: three years of work on one mandapa

9 min3 May
CultureProfile

The forgotten dhrupad lineage of Bettiah

8 min3 May
CultureExplainer

Maarga and deśī: the ancient distinction that explains classical and folk

10 min3 May
PhilosophyClose reading

Tat tvam asi: a grammatical analysis of the mahāvākya

10 min2 May
OpinionEditorial

Dharma is not religion, and that distinction matters more than ever

4 min1 May
PhilosophyRevisionist

Vivekānanda misread: separating the man from the myth

10 min1 May
CultureEssay

Bharatanāṭyam as moving philosophy: the abhinaya of liberation

10 min30 Apr
ArchaeologyResearch

Nataraja bronze re-dated to 9th century using isotope analysis

9 min27 Apr
AI + DharmaPhilosophy

The apophatic limit: what AI cannot say about Brahman

10 min27 Apr
PhilosophyClarification

What Śaṅkara actually said about free will

10 min27 Apr
AI + DharmaResearch

Computational svara: can an algorithm learn Vedic pitch accent?

10 min26 Apr
ArchaeologyBreaking

Underwater temple complex discovered off Dwarka coast — preliminary findings

10 min26 Apr
CultureAnalysis

Karnatic music's secret grammar: rāga as philosophical system

10 min25 Apr
RestorationField report

Stone-by-stone: the conservation method that saved Belur's outer frieze

9 min24 Apr
PhilosophyComparative

Nyāya logic and analytic philosophy: a point-by-point comparison

10 min20 Apr
PhilosophyExplainer

The pramāṇa debate: how do we know what we know in Vedānta?

10 min19 Apr
OpinionProvocation

Why Western converts understand Advaita better than we admit

9 min18 Apr
OpinionEditorial

Against the word spirituality: why we need better categories

10 min17 Apr
RestorationDiscussion

Why the Konark wheel restoration became a debate about authenticity

10 min16 Apr
ArchaeologyAI-assisted

Lost Pallava rock inscriptions decoded using transformer-based OCR

9 min15 Apr
ArchaeologyField report

New excavations at Dholavira reveal Harappan ritual structures

9 min14 Apr
AI + DharmaResearch

AI-assisted transliteration reduces errors in Vedic manuscript digitisation by 73%

9 min14 Apr
ArchaeologyAnalysis

Mohenjo-Daro's Great Bath: sacred geometry or civic infrastructure?

10 min13 Apr
CultureComparative

The Sikh-Vedantic synthesis in Gurū Granth Sāhib

10 min11 Apr
PhilosophyEssay

Māyā as epistemological category, not metaphysical claim

10 min11 Apr
OpinionEditorial

Caste and karma: untangling two concepts that should never have been merged

10 min11 Apr
ArchaeologyAI-assisted

AI reconstruction of destroyed Vijayanagara murals from fragmentary evidence

10 min10 Apr