Dr. Imre Bangha is Associate Professor of Hindi at the University of Oxford. He is Hungarian and studied Indology in Budapest. He holds a PhD in Hindi from Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan. He has been published in English, Hindi and Hungarian. His areas of interest lie in the emergence of Hindi, including Khari Boli, as a literary dialect in various scripts; Hindi manuscript culture; Riti poetry and the continuity of classical Sanskrit aesthetics in court literature; ‘Ritimukt’ poetry in...

Shri Arvind Panagariya highlighted the struggles of his father which he has encapsulated in his biography "The Extra-Ordinary life of an Ordinary Man". He also spoke about the benefits of migration, education and 'Satya' a key Jain principle as guiding lights in our life. Further he stressed on his optimistic view for India's future

Professor Jain highlighted that Jainism has always enhanced man's relationship with the ecology by following its principles of non-violence and non-possession. The fact that way before Covid-19, Jain monks and nuns were wearing ‘Muhapatti’ (Mask) in order not to harm microbes invisible to the naked eye and reduce violence through speech by talking less and listening more is just one example of that. Jains traditionally prefer taking up professions that do little or no harm to living beings...