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Experience, values and conflict beneath public identity.
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Conversations that stay after the question ends.
Lives, craft, failure, relationships, struggle and worldview—held by Arunava’s questions, listening and editorial lens. Here, an episode does not end as a video; its insight returns as an essay, a reflection and a connected reading.
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ARUNAVA KHASNOBIS · WRITING
Returning to a conversation through an essay
People, cinema, relationships, moral conflict and inner life—original essays and Arunava’s perspectives from selected podcasts.
01Epic · Ethics · Rebuilt · 28 Aug 2026
Bhishma’s vow: when duty becomes a silent prison
An expanded essay on how a noble vow can consume agency, protest and responsibility toward future generations.
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02Epic · Moral conflict · 5 Aug 2026
Yudhishthira’s truth: is principle just when it refuses context?
Yudhishthira between the nobility of truth and the cost imposed on other lives.
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03Epic · War · 24 Jul 2026
Dharmayuddha: who owned the word dharma before the war began?
Claims, propaganda, civilian cost and the victor’s narrative before calling Kurukshetra a righteous war.
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04Epic · Politics · 12 Jul 2026
Shakuni: when political intelligence serves wounded memory
Humiliation, family loyalty, manipulation and revenge beyond the cardboard villain.
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05Epic · Hope · 30 Jun 2026
Hope between blood and dharma: answer or endurance?
Hope in an epic of war as the small capacity to rebuild relationship and memory after loss.
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06Epic · Public life · 18 Jun 2026
Mahabharata and modern politics: respect difference before analogy
The epic as a lens on power, loyalty, institutions and compromise—not a meme for current politics.
Read the full essay →The discipline of listening
Letting an answer finish before turning it into a thesis.
Knowledge through life
What one lived experience can illuminate in a larger question.