When I was 16 years old, my grandmother unexpectedly gave me the keys to her old but impeccably maintained 1985 Nissan 300ZX sports car. My heart burst open with joy on so many levels in that moment: I never imagined that I would be a teenager with a car, and now here I was, the owner of one that looked like something the cool kid in an 80s movie would drive. I also knew what this car symbolized for my grandmother and felt deeply touched that she thought I was worthy of the g

Through one lens, the story of Adi Shankaracharya, the towering Sage of 9th-century India, is one of wonder and adventure. His life...