Abhinav Agarwal

Hinduism and its culture wars Vamsee Juluri's essay in 2012 has been published as an e-book, " Hinduism and its culture wars ...

Playing by the book to win is a myth that has cost us dear. We should know better, but we're probably poor learners! Among several argu...

Sarpa satra of Janamajeya (credit: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Yagyas do not always end happily in the Mahabharata. I wrote abou...

The white man's burden, 1898 Detroit Journal cartoon Remember the “White Man’s Burden” – the phrase that grew out of Rudyard Kiplin...

Nadir Shah at the sack of Delhi (credit: Wikpedia, the free encyclopedia) Of all the depredations that Delhi has suffered over the cen...

The Gita for Children, by Roopa Pai Yes, there is a need for one more book on the Gita. This one fits a particular niche quite well. ...

Kurukshetra (credit: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) The Mahabharata has lived for thousands of years for the reason that it serves a...

Peshwa Baji Rao I riding a horse (source: Wikipedia) Among the notable battles fought in India, the Battle of Palkhed, between Peswha ...

My review of Dr. Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata, Volume 10, was published in Swarajya on March 27, 2015, titled, " 3 Years with Vya...

A chilling side to Yudhishthira's personality came to the fore as the Kurukshetra war was dying down. My piece appeared in Swarajya on...

My piece on the curious tendency of yagya's to not go off as planned in the Mahabharta was published in Swarajya on April 5, 2015 . ...

I wrote about the obsession of Flipkart (and Myntra) with "mobile-only" without even having an iPad-optimized app! I also talked ...

History repeats ... first as tragedy, then as farce - one of the most repeated quotes of Karl Marx could most political dynasties to a ...

The Mahabharata, Volume 10 Translated by Bibek Debroy This review first appeared in DNA India on April 12, 2015 . Where does the Ram...

This post was first published on  LinkedIn  on  20th May, 2015 . "Hi, I'm Chucky. Wanna play?"[1]  Fans of the horror film ...

The fourth part of my series on Flipkart and its apparent loss of Focus and its battle with Amazon appeared in DNA on April 20th, 2015 . ...

The third in my series on Flipkart and focus appeared in DNA on April 18th, 2015 . Part III – There’s Something (Profitable) About Yo...

The second part of my series of articles on why I believed Flipkart was at losing focus, at the wrong time, when faced with its most seriou...

My post on what the Mahabharata says on pollution appeared in Swarajya Magazine on March 10, 2015. Here is the original article: Ja...

My eighth story from "Tales from the Mahabharata" - " The Best Laid Plans... ", was published in the February 2015 prin...