I was recently reading a Q&A on quora where someone had asked for recommendations on simple, easy to read books on Vedas and Upanishads. One user said that it is not possible to read these texts unless you know Sanskrit. It is a common statement that I’ve heard consistently since I first developed an interest in...

Lately, my study of the Bhagavad Gita has been keeping me very occupied. The deeper I was getting into it, the more I was feeling the need to understand the bigger context in which this divine conversation between Krishna and Arjuna took place. I went through a series of books, and while all were enriching...