In his book Essays in Love, author Alain de Botton explored different stages of a romantic relationship - from first kiss to first argument, elation to heartbreak, and everything in between. Each stage of the relationship is narrated as an essay. And since we are narrating essays this week, I pick one from this book (on Beauty) and narrate it today. Hope you will enjoy. Please subscribe to the podcast.

R.K. Narayan was a well-known Indian writer famous for his set of work and writing in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was one of the leading and famous authors of early Indian literature written in English along with two others, Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao.Narayan's greatest achievement was to make India accessible to the outside world through his writing and powerful words in his literature. Today I am narrating one of his essays titled An Average Man. Don't forget to subscribe.

Brianna Wiest is the bestselling author of 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Since I am narrating essays this week, I have picked one from this book. The essay is called Things Emotionally Healthy People Know How to Do. Hope you will enjoy it. Stay tuned for more essays this week. Don't forget to subscribe and visit www.kalampedia.org to check out more books related stuff.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. Joseph Addison's profound words on friendship still hold great value even after more than 300 years. In this episode I narrate his essay called Friendship. Hope you will enjoy this and other audio essays to follow this week. Do not forget to subscribe. Visit www.kalampedia.org to know more.

Listening is a skill that holds great value but rarely does it get as much recognition as it should. There are all kinds of writing and speaking courses, but no one teaches us to listen. Let's talk about this wonderful skill that holds the key to our relationships as well as professional success.

Today I am going to narrate a short story by Tagore. It is called Raja and Rani and was published in Mashi and Other Stories (1918). Hope you will enjoy it.

The Vedanta philosophy, one of the orthodox schools of the Indian philosophy, includes various elaborations and interpretations of the Upanishads. In Swami Vivekananda's words, the Vedanta captures the Hindu way of life. Let's find out more about it.

This week we are discussing different schools of Indian philosophy and we now arrive at Yoga. Yoga philosophy is well described in “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,” where he outlines the eight limbs, or stages, that one should follow to reach moksha. More on this in this episode. Keep following for more interesting content from some really good books.

Today I will discuss the basics of Buddha's philosophy. It is another non-theistic school in Indian philosophy, which focuses on inquiry and contemplative investigation to find the truth. Listen to this episode to understand it better. Don't forget to subscribe.

In this episode I discuss the basics of Jaina philosophy, or Jainism. Jainism is one of the world's oldest religions, originating in India at least 2,500 years ago. The spiritual goal of Jainism is to become liberated from the endless cycle of rebirth and to achieve an all-knowing state called moksha. Find out more in this episode.