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The Second Coming of the Axial Age?

For a mind insatiably curious, every domain of knowledge holds its own spell. Yet some fields possess a peculiar magnetism. For me, that field is History, in its broadest anthropological sense: from deep prehistory to the recent past. It is, perhaps, the most self-reflexive of all human inquiries – the study of how we have studied ourselves. Though much of it remains speculative, punctuated by vast white zones of unrecorded life, history is also the realm we know most about,

Aksinya Staar

Nov 618 min read

Deep Skills and Why We Are Drawn to the Deep

“In times of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future." Eric Hoffer 1. The Magnetic Pull of Deep There is something...

Aksinya Staar

Jul 1218 min read

India Beyond Nationhood

Polymathic Federalism As A Model for Post-Nation-State Cohesion To call India a nation-state is to miss the entire story. It is a...

Aksinya Staar

Jun 2319 min read

Alankara: The Art of Ornament, The Soul of Beauty

The concept of alankara has mesmerized me ever since I first encountered it many years ago. I stumbled upon it while my philosophical...

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Jun 186 min read

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