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From Sthāna to Samādhi: Reframing Nṛtta in the Nāṭyaśāstra through Yogic and Tantric Frameworks, with Extensions to South-east Asian Dance Traditions
Ashwini Srivatsan
Aug 15, 2026 Vol. 2, No. 1
This study proposes that there exists a deeper structural affinity between performance practice and philosophical inquiry than is commonly a
Aṅgahāra
karaṇa
sthāna
metaphysics of movement
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The emergence of the modern-day Bhāṣyakāras in the discourse of modern Indian Philosophy
Nilambar Chakrabarti
Aug 15, 2026 Vol. 2, No. 1
This review essay examines Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield's new translation of Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya's Subject as Freedom (Oxford
Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya
Subject as Freedom
Advaita Vedānta
philosophical translation
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Deductive vis-à-vis Didactic: The Curious Case of Byomkesh Bakshi
Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay
Aug 15, 2026 Vol. 2, No. 1
Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s immortal creation Byomkesh Bakshi stands apart from other conventional detective characters both in terms of ben
truth
crime
justice
detective
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Female and the Occult: Re-defining Female Autonomy in Stree and Bulbbul
Pratichi Chowdhury
Aug 15, 2026 Vol. 2, No. 1
This paper explores the theme of female autonomy extensively with special reference to demanding female authority, rights, and freedom throu
Self-authority
justice
occult
female
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Ideas
Not Path, but Mārga: Piyal Bhattacharya in the Inner Journey of Exploration (Part 2)
Editorial Desk
Jul 21, 2026 9 min read
This interview presents a sustained dialogue with Mahāmahopādhyāya Piyal Bhattacharya, founder of Chidākāśa and originator of the conc
There is another dimension — the metaphysical. In your Nāṭya
one witnesses a movement from the mundane toward the metaphysical. What
then
is the metaphysical in your Nāṭya? What is adhyātma for you? In truth
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Not Path, but Mārga: Piyal Bhattacharya in the Inner Journey of Exploration (Part 1)
Editorial Desk
Jul 21, 2026 12 min read
This interview presents a sustained dialogue with Mahāmahopādhyāya Piyal Bhattacharya, founder of Chidākāśa and originator of the conc
Mārga Nāṭya
Nāṭyaśāstra
Bharata Muni
bhāvānukīrtana
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Ideas
Dance as Truth
Suraiya Islam Ria
Jul 21, 2026 11 min read
In this interview, Lubna Marium — dancer, choreographer, and founder of Dhaka's Shadhona — discusses her new initiative Embodied Feminis
Lubna Marium
Embodied Feminism
Shadhona
Bangladeshi dance
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Ideas
Yāska and the Birth of Vedic Hermeneutics (Part 2)
Tirtha
Jul 21, 2026 6 min read
This companion essay follows the reception of Yāska's Nirukta across two and a half millennia, from Sāyaṇācārya's Vedic commentaries a
Yāska
Sāyaṇa
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
Dayananda Saraswati
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