Tattva is an intellectual notebook on the Hindu Traditions. Most of what appears here is written by me; occasionally, a friend or fellow traveller contributes an essay that belongs in these pages more than anywhere else. Now it's very tempting to include a paragraph or two about myself. I will resist. I think of myself as an inheritor of one of the oldest and richest cultural traditions in the world. I take this inheritance seriously, and am deeply aware of the responsibility it entails. Through this site, and through other work I've put my hand to, I invite others to partake in this inheritance. For readers who want the conventional bio, here is the most flattened version of myself: Manish Maheshwari is the founder of the Tattva Heritage Foundation, the Centre for Shaiva Studies, and karṇāṭa: Centre for Classical Kannada. His interests span Indian religions, Indian intellectual history, textual traditions, and the institutional conditions necessary for the sustained study and transmission of cultural knowledge. He previously worked in investment management in New York and Mumbai, and holds postgraduate degrees in finance from Columbia University and philosophy from Mumbai University. The site is updated when I have something worth saying. Readers who wish to correspond, suggest an essay, or point out an error are welcome to write to me at manishmaheswari@gmail.com.
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