A retrospective account of a 4-day workshop titled “The Mahabharata as itihAsa” organized by the Indic Academy and jointly conducted by Prof. Vishwa Adluri of Hunter College, New York, U.S.A. and Dr. Joydeep Baghcee of Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany. Held from July 27 to July 30, 2017 at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, India.
The Lotus is ubiquitous in the iconography and literature of India. Exploring the diverse contexts in which it is used throws light on its very deep significance and convergence of meaning.
Maligned and associated with the Nazis, the Swastika symbol and the Aryan people have long been the sufferers of anti-Hindu rhetoric.
Modernity has left people severed from symbolic reality, where they are a law unto themselves and bereft of any faith.