Om, may the teacher and student move together in learning, relish the process, perform with vigor and focus, attain brilliance in understanding without hostility, and be surrounded by peace, peace, peace.
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The Recipe Is Not the Dish
What the Mind Calls Practical, and Why It Is Often Wrong People ask me for my recipes all the time. I share them willingly — the ingredients, the quantities, the sequence, even the timing. And yet, almost invariably, they come back and say, “I tried it, but it doesn’t taste the way yours does.” I used to wonder why. Now I know. A recipe is a description of a dish. It is not the dish itself. And the gap between those two things — between the description and the reality — is where most of what we call knowledge actually…
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Before You Build
Is your product filling a gap in the universe or creating a gap to fill There is a question I return to often — whether I am sitting across from a founder at the edge of their first real venture, or watching a well-funded organisation spin its wheels despite every structural advantage. The question is deceptively simple. What is the problem you are actually trying to solve? Not the solution you want to offer. The problem. The gap that exists whether or not you show up to fill it. This distinction — between problem and solution — is where most…
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From Documentation to Darśana
Digital Tools and the Future of Indian Knowledge Systems Preservation is the easy part. The real task is learning to ask the right questions of our own inheritance. Student Feedback for this session DETAILED REFLECTIONS Pragya Research Scholar, Central University of Gujarat Rating: 5/5 “One of the best sessions till date. The dimensions it opened up. The mindset shift that happened today which made me take the road of going deeper into what sort of research are we doing. Today’s session made me question and also, to dig deeper into becoming someone who asks the right kind of questions. Thank…
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Repositioning Sanskrit for India’s Next Civilizational Chapter
Saṃskṛta Is Not Merely a Language Vinay Kulkarni A younger colleague asked me a question I have been asked many times in many forms: “How is Sanskrit different from any other classical language? Latin is ancient too. Greek is ancient too. Hebrew is sacred too. Why this special pleading for Saṃskṛta?” The question is fair. It is also, I am increasingly convinced, a category error. In this article I will attempt to present my arguments for why Samskrita should not be clubbed with all other languages. Let us go beyond language politics and look at it as not only a…
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Vedanta in Education — Or Is Vedanta Itself Education?
By Vinay Kulkarni I recently had the privilege of moderating a panel discussion on Vedanta in Education, convened during a festival of Indian thought hosted with Indica. Education is close to my heart. Most of my work and writing circles back to one stubborn question — what does it actually mean to educate a human being, and what can education mean for a civilisation that is trying to remember itself? So when I sat down with three remarkable minds for this conversation, I did not want a seminar. I wanted a churning. And before the first question, I confessed the…
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The Eight-Second Mind
A Parent’s Reckoning What the latest neuroscience reveals about what our children are losing, and how five quiet days of Bharatiya cultural education might begin to give it back. The Number That Should Stop Every Parent In Their Tracks! The average human attention span has collapsed from twelve seconds at the turn of the millennium to roughly eight seconds today. The goldfish, that traditional symbol of our easy condescension, sits at nine. We are no longer the senior species in the sustained-attention department. This is not opinion. It is now one of the most replicated findings in cognitive psychology. A…
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IKS, PSYCHOLOGY
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The Recipe Is Not the Dish
What the Mind Calls Practical, and Why It Is Often Wrong People ask me for my…
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Before You Build
Is your product filling a gap in the universe or creating a gap to fill There…
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From Documentation to Darśana
Digital Tools and the Future of Indian Knowledge Systems Preservation is the easy part. The real…
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Repositioning Sanskrit for India’s Next Civilizational Chapter
Saṃskṛta Is Not Merely a Language Vinay Kulkarni A younger colleague asked me a question I…
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Vedanta in Education — Or Is Vedanta Itself Education?
By Vinay Kulkarni I recently had the privilege of moderating a panel discussion on Vedanta in…
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IKS and How It Can Transform Bhāratīya Education
An Experiment in Saṃvāda: Notes from the IKS APEX Meet 2026 A panel of fifteen scholar-practitioners,…
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Vinay Kulkarni
Entrepreneur | Championing Dharmic Innovation | E-commerce Strategist | Advocate for Indian Knowledge Systems | Creator of the Dharmic Enterprise Framework | Integrating Culture & Knowledge into Transformative Ventures
Education is not merely the transfer of knowledge or acquisition of skills; it is a transformative process that strives to create individuals whose minds and bodies are nourished, nurtured, and elevated by the greatest wisdom known to humanity. True education aligns with one’s Svabhava (innate nature) and Svadharma (individual duty) and equips the individual to pursue the highest goals of human life as envisioned by his or her civilization!
Vinay Kulkarni
Entrepreneur | Championing Dharmic Innovation | E-commerce Strategist | Advocate for Indian Knowledge Systems | Creator of the Dharmic Enterprise Framework | Integrating Culture & Knowledge into Transformative Ventures
Education is not merely the transfer of knowledge or acquisition of skills; it is a transformative process that strives to create individuals whose minds and bodies are nourished, nurtured, and elevated by the greatest wisdom known to humanity. True education aligns with one’s Svabhava (innate nature) and Svadharma (individual duty) and equips the individual to pursue the highest goals of human life as envisioned by his or her civilization!