Knowledge
Fields of inquiry
Six areas I keep returning to. Each collects the questions I'm turning over, notes, and what I'm reading — and grows as I learn.
01
History & Civilizations
Indian and global history — how societies were organised, what people believed, and how accounts of the past come to be argued over.
Questions I'm turning over
- How did the Mughal state turn land and rank into power?
- What does "global history" add that national histories leave out?
Reading lists, notes and resources for this area will collect here.
02
Philosophy & Critical Thinking
Reasoning from first principles, Indian philosophical traditions, and the habit of examining a claim before accepting it.
Questions I'm turning over
- What separates the āstika and nāstika traditions — and what do they share?
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03
Society & Anthropology
Human civilizations, belief, behaviour and psychology — why people live, think and organise the way they do.
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04
Science & Technology
How the world physically works, and how tools — from the printing press to the microcontroller — change what people can do.
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05
Literature & Cinema
Hindi literature and sher-o-shayari, novels and essays, and cinema as a way of telling — and arguing about — human experience.
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06
Politics & International Relations
Geography, geopolitics and ideology — and the biases that shape how events are reported and remembered.
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