One truth.Many voices.Keep the circle open.
Heritage that thinks forward.
HIPL is a modern ideas platform for Hindu thought. Ask anything, argue well: in public debates, long conversations, a sourced library and seva on the ground, because questioning has always been part of the tradition.
Six ways in. One conversation.
A question from the 100 Questions can become a Dialogue, an Interview or an Exploration. The Dispatch carries the best of all six to your inbox every month.
HIPL Dialogues
People who disagree debate one hard question on stage. The audience votes before and after.
HIPL Interviews
One-to-one conversations with scholars, artists, practitioners and young voices.
The First 100 Questions
Ask what you have always wanted to ask. We answer the first 100 in public.
HIPL Explorations
Clear, sourced, interactive explainers on Hindu ideas, texts and stories.
The Reading Circle
One text, one question, one discussion. Online and in person.
The Monthly Dispatch
A five-minute newsletter that ties it all together.
Does it strengthen the language, deepen the faith, build the country?
72 vs 22: What does dharma mean to you?
An elder and a Gen Z guest answer the same five questions side by side. A special every two months: two generations, one table. One in-depth conversation a month, 30 to 45 minutes long, on YouTube and podcast apps.
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Latest answerCan a tradition question itself?
Asked by A reader from [CITY]
Yes, and it has done so for a very long time. Classical Indian philosophy grew through debate. A thinker was expected to set out the strongest version of the opposing view, the pūrvapakṣa, before answering it. Schools within the tradition argued with each other, and with Buddhist and Jain thinkers, for centuries.
What have you always wanted to ask about Hinduism?
Ask anything about belief, texts, caste, gender, ritual, science or public life. Scholars and guests answer in public, in writing and often on video. We review every question before it is shown. Abuse and spam go; hard questions stay.
A museum, an explainer and an illustrated book, in one library.
Dharma: One Word, Many Meanings
Your grandmother, a judge and a Buddhist monk might all use the word dharma, and mean three different things.
Six Schools, Six Ways of Seeing the World
How do we know anything? What is the world made of? Six classical schools gave six different starting points.
Arjuna's Dilemma
Two armies. Teachers and cousins on the other side. Arjuna puts down his bow. What do you do?
Nachiketa and the King of Death
A teenager is sent to Death, and refuses every reward Death offers, until he gets an answer.
Ideas need a room.
HIPL meets in person: small evenings, walks through living history, hands-on service and student debates. Seva and sabha, side by side.
HIPL Dialogues 02: the topic you vote for
Date to be announced
[VENUE], [CITY]
HIPL Salon: What do we owe our grandparents' faith?
November · date to be announced · Evening
[VENUE], New Delhi
Heritage Walk: [ROUTE]
November · date to be announced · Sunday morning
[MEETING POINT], New Delhi
Seva Saturday with [PARTNER]
December · date to be announced · Saturday morning
[PARTNER], New Delhi
One text. One question. One evening together.
Read along at your own pace through the month, then join a 60-minute discussion of 12 to 20 people, online or in [CITY].
Katha Upanishad: the Nachiketa dialogue
When should you refuse what is pleasant for what is good?
- Online
- [DATE], [TIME]
- In person
- [DATE], [VENUE], [CITY]
Anyone can write for HIPL.
Pitch an essay, a personal story, a review or a story from your town. Accepted pieces are edited with you and published under your name, and nothing goes live until you approve it.