Greetings,
I’m Dr. Raj Balkaran.
Welcome to my website.
I’m a Scholar of Sanskrit Narrative Literature—
Indian mythology, in short.
I focus on myths of the Indian Great Goddess
and on the Sanskrit Epics.
I’m particularly interested in the ethics of war and peace,
and what I call the ‘dharmic double-helix’—
the Indic interplay between world affirmation and world denial.
As a public scholar,
I’m an avid speaker and podcaster,
regularly interviewed.
I teach online adult education courses at
the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
and at my own Indian Wisdom School.
I also work with people one-on-one
towards achieving their life goals,
