Posts from the philosophy category.
There is an odd contradiction in the way we speak about love today. We discuss relationships endlessly — through podcasts, Instagram reels, dating apps, and self-help books — yet the vocabulary itself has become strangely transactional. We ask whether love is healthy, sustainable, reciprocal, or compatible. Rarely do we ask what love actually is. Samar’s Radha — Part 1 begins precisely where moder...
There is an unwritten rule that many of us carry without realizing it: if someone speaks about meditation, they should probably live an austere life. If they drive a luxury car, enjoy technology, or practise a combat sport, their spirituality somehow feels less convincing. My Life, My Journey quietly dismantles that assumption.Jhuma Panda introduces herself as a yogini who drives a Jaguar, practis...
I was three pages into Life Is Not Random when I caught myself staring at the digital clock on my desk. It read 11:11. Under ordinary circumstances, I would have smiled at the coincidence and moved on. Instead, I sat there for a few seconds longer, remembering how often human beings search for meaning in patterns, especially when life refuses to provide neat explanations. That small moment became ...
There is a peculiar contradiction in the way we speak about mental health. We encourage people to “open up,” yet grow uneasy when they speak without filters. We celebrate vulnerability as long as it remains tidy, hopeful, and easily digestible. The moment pain becomes messy, obsessive, contradictory, or socially inconvenient, we instinctively step back. Kiaan’s Thus Spoke a Madman lives precisely ...
Some conversations refuse to end when the book closes. They linger quietly, waiting for another opportunity to resume. That is precisely how Immortal Talks — Book 2 unfolds. Having recently reflected on the first volume, I approached this one expecting new spiritual ideas. Instead, I found something more demanding. Shunya is less interested in offering fresh revelations than in taking familiar que...
There is a quiet assumption built into modern success stories: that one decisive moment changes everything. The promotion. The startup. The move abroad. The breakthrough. We love milestones because they give life a neat shape. Reality is rarely so accommodating. Most lives are altered not by dramatic turning points but by hundreds of small adjustments that only make sense in retrospect.That is the...
Every generation inherits maps. Some inherit them from explorers, some from scientists, and others from sacred texts. The real debate is rarely about geography. It is about authority. Whose description of reality do we trust when different worldviews claim to explain the same horizon?That question sits at the heart of Phanindra Narayan Gundu’s Let There Be Light Upon the Universe — Beyond Maps: Ex...
But why come here? here of all desolate places. a place that does not resound with spiritual ascendance nor the abnegation of all moral and ethical constraint. a place where wealth means not a pittance and art does not adorn. it wasn't for a lack of means. nor a lack of company. neither excess nor monastic denial could cure what he was facing. Further ahead he got in life, the farther he got from ...
Before dawn, before notifications, before deadlines, there is usually a quieter conversation taking place within us. We rarely hear it. Modern life has become remarkably efficient at drowning out that inner voice with constant stimulation, endless opinions, and the comforting illusion that every answer is only a search away. Immortal Talks by Shunya begins with a striking premise: perhaps the grea...
