An ageing teacher and his students in a school that is in a Maoist insurgency-affected area are engaged in an interesting discussion on Ahimsa. Hari Ravikumar tells the story – based on real life incidents – of how the boys’ nuanced understanding of the subject informs their response to violence.
Hari Ravikumar writes a poem on jnana, bhakti, and karma yoga, traditionally identified as the three paths to moksha.
The title says it all! Hari Ravikumar writes a piece laced with humour and a fine dose of South Indian classical music.
A young man visits the ATM to withdraw money. Soon he gets the feeling that he is being followed. What happens next? Hari Ravikumar writes a racy fictional piece.
In a work of fiction set in London, Hari Ravikumar employs surrealism to tell the fascinating twists and turns that the life of Alan Jones takes over a period of seven years.
THE LOUNGE | THE INNER JOURNEY When Arjuna, the third of the five Pandavas, was confused whether he should fight the Mahabharata war against his own teachers, relatives and friends, Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to help him achieve clarity in thought and fight the war. One of the oft-asked questions, therefore, in this context is, ‘Does the Bhagavad-Gita Advocate War? Is it a violent scripture?’ Hari Ravikumar and Koti Sreekrishna attempt to answer these questions in this piece by digging deeper into the context of the Mahabharata war.