Narayan Rout

If Hindu Dharma Is So Ancient, Why Are Its Temples So Recent? 10 Chapters in the Real History of Indian Sacred Architecture and Worship

Two questions are usually asked separately about Indian religious tradition: when was the first Indian temple built, and how did the practice of idol worship and immersion take its present form? This article argues they are, in fact, one question wearing two faces, and sets out t...

9 Reasons String Theory Sounds Like Ancient Indian Philosophy Talking About Vibration, Time, and Mind

When podcaster Steven Bartlett asked theoretical physicist Brian Greene to explain why some scientists believe physical reality might be, in a meaningful sense, an illusion, the conversation moved through string theory, the unsolved rift between quantum mechanics and general rela...