1st Edition
The Indian Knowledge System Creative Dialogue on Intellectual Traditions in the 21st Century
Author Biographies
Preface
Introduction
Manindra Nath Thakur and Shailja Tandon
1. What is the Indian Intellectual Tradition?
Manindra Nath Thakur
2. Lokayata: An Ordinary Way of Seeing
Dev Nath Pathak and Apoorv Katoch
3. Māyā as Śakti in Kashmir Śaivism
Alka Tyagi
4. Embodied Hermeneutics in Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra
Saurabh Todariya
5. Consciousness, Non-duality and Sikh Philosophy
Varun Wighmal
6. Indo-Persian Languages and Legacy of Dara Shukoh
Akhlaque Ahmad ‘Ahan’
7. Singing Nirgun Fearlessly: A Journey from Baahar( Outer) to Bheetar (Inner)
Dipanjali Deka
8. Mapping Qawwali: The Khanqah Form Within and Without
Shruti Sharma
9. Gandhi and the Indian Aesthetic Tradition: Exploring Rasawada in Political Context
Monika and Akanksha
10. Koodiyattam: Transcending the Abstruse and the Conservative
Nayana VijayaKumaran
11. Revisiting the Kartabhaja Tradition of Bengal: An Alternative Conceptual
Framework of “Presence” for the Crisis of the Present
Atryee Sengupta
12. ‘Re-Reading’ Panchatantra: Reflections on Political Conduct in the Animal Fables
Sanjana K. Sitaraman
13. Niti, Nyaya and Dharma: Investigating Political Justice in the Mahabharata
Suhasini Das Gooptu
14. Indigenous Knowledge of Healing among Tribal Communities of Kerala and Assam .. Rakesh Kumar
15. The Wisdom of the Indigenous Knowledge System among Adivasis
Abhay Sagar Minz and Diksha Singh
Appendix
Notes Towards a Re-reading of Natyashastra
G P Deshpande
Index
Biography
Manindra Nath Thakur teaches courses on Indian Intellectual Traditions and Radical Movements in India at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
Shailja Tandon holds an MPhil in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has since worked as Senior Research Associate at LEAD and Krea University, where she led field-based research on gender-based violence, coordinated events, and managed projects.
