Is Sat explainable?
[Note: sat, सत् = Real ] No, I cannot explain the real; nor has anybody else in the world. Even more radically: the Real can never be ‘explained’, nor will…
Read moreTranslating vibhaktis
The problem is more complicated and the implications far more massive than either of us can even dream of. In fact, I think we are not even aware of the…
Read moreReal vs. Existence
[For the latest on real vs existence, why such distinction needs to be made, check this paper, What do Indians need: a history or the past ] With some justifiable distortion,…
Read moreHistoricity of Rama, Krishna, Anjaneya
One of the questions that has come up in this discussion is the following: are we logically forced to assume the ‘existence’ of, say, Rama or Krishna, when we ‘believe’…
Read moreLogical Acumen of Romila Thapar
One of the debates in the Indian traditions is about the kind of creatures that exist in the world and about the reality of what exists. The Jains, for instance,…
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