Publications

	Divya Hoskere Learning the 108 Karaṇas: Toward embodied practice and pedagogical renewal in Bharatanāṭyam https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15290824.2025.2595667 Hoskere, Divya. (2026). Learning the 108 Karaṇas: Toward embodied practice and pedagogical renewal in Bharatanāṭyam. Journal of Dance Education. Learning the 108 karaṇas, codified dance units from the ancient text Nāṭyaśāstra, offers new possibilities for embodied training, creative exploration, and pedagogical renewal in Bharatanatyam. As a Bharatanatyam dancer, I engage these possibilities through a practice-as-research (PaR) lens. Structured training in karaṇas revealed significant pedagogical potential: enhancing kinaesthetic alignment, enabling both expressive and abstract choreography, and fostering aesthetic integrity. Through embodied inquiry and critical analysis of the Nāṭyaśāstra,I examine how karaṇas, often excluded from mainstream curriculum in India, can complement aḍavu-based pedagogy and support a more holistic and responsive Bharatanatyam education.
	C N Vishnuprasad The systemic anti-diabetic effect of polyherbal formulation Varanadi Kashayam is mediated through GLP-1 secretion and DPP4 inhibition https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947626000434?via%3Dihub= Thottappillil, A., Kouser, S., Badiger, A.V., et al. (2026). The systemic anti-diabetic effect of polyherbal formulation Varanadi Kashayam is mediated through GLP-1 secretion and DPP4 inhibition. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 17(4).
	C N Vishnuprasad Health benefits of Ashtaksheera (Eight types of Milk) in Ayurveda: Ancient and modern perspectives https://rfppl.co.in/article/health-benefits-of-ashtaksheera-eight-types-of-milk-in-ayurveda-ancient-and-modern-perspectives/19659?srsltid=AfmBOoom9qw… Loke, V. M., Vishnuprasad, Chethala N., Phadke, A., et al. (2026). Health benefits of Ashtaksheera (Eight types of Milk) in Ayurveda: Ancient and modern perspectives. Indian Journal of Ancient Medicine and Yoga 19(2). 89-90.
	Srikumar M Menon From megaliths to temples: An architectural vocabulary of commemoration https://brill.com/view/journals/arwh/14/2/article-p189_2.xml Menon, Srikumar. (2026). From megaliths to temples: An architectural vocabulary of commemoration. Asian Review of World Histories 14(2). 189-222.
	Deepti Navaratna Rethinking dance studies through the Nāṭyaśāstra: A hermeneutic analysis https://shodhgyan.org/shodhgyan-nu/article/view/118 Hoskere, Divya., & Navaratna, Deepti. (2026). Rethinking dance studies through the Nāṭyaśāstra: A hermeneutic analysis. ShodhGyan-NU: Journal of Literature and Culture Studies 4(1). 153-159. Contemporary dance scholarship has increasingly turned toward decolonial perspectives, yet much of this work continues to operate within conceptual frameworks that separate theory from practice and aesthetics from embodied experience. This paper addresses this limitation by revisiting the Nāṭyaśāstra as an Indic framework for understanding methods in dance education.
	Divya Hoskere Rethinking dance studies through the Nāṭyaśāstra: A hermeneutic analysis https://shodhgyan.org/shodhgyan-nu/article/view/118 Hoskere, Divya., & Navaratna, Deepti. (2026). Rethinking dance studies through the Nāṭyaśāstra: A hermeneutic analysis. ShodhGyan-NU: Journal of Literature and Culture Studies 4(1). 153-159. Contemporary dance scholarship has increasingly turned toward decolonial perspectives, yet much of this work continues to operate within conceptual frameworks that separate theory from practice and aesthetics from embodied experience. This paper addresses this limitation by revisiting the Nāṭyaśāstra as an Indic framework for understanding methods in dance education.
	Deepti Navaratna Towards India’s ‘Purusharthas’: Rethinking Culture as Strategy in India’s Civilizational Diplomacy https://www.indica.today/long-reads/towards-indias-purusharthas-rethinking-culture-as-strategy-in-indias-civilizational-diplomacy/ Navaratna, Deepti (2026, June 13). Towards India’s ‘Purusharthas’: Rethinking culture as strategy in India’s civilizational diplomacy. Indica Today. A perspective article about the need to re-position and re-think India's culture strategy as geopolitical strategy. Few nations possess cultural and philosophical depth comparable to India, yet few nations with such depth have underutilized it so profoundly in strategic terms. Indian culture is frequently projected abroad through festivals, cuisine, dance performances, yoga celebrations, tourism campaigns, handicraft exhibitions, and diaspora events. While these remain important expressions of national identity, they are often deployed as isolated spectacles rather than as components of a larger geopolitical architecture.’
	Srikumar M Menon Equinoctial solar illumination in two Saiva temples of the Hoysala period, in Tumkur District, Karnataka https://www.ibpbooks.in/exploring-indian-art-architecture-and-epigraphy-essays-in-honour-of-prof-shrinivas-v-padigar-2-volumes-set/p/64072 Rao, M. K., & Menon, Srikumar. M. (2026). Equinoctial solar illumination in two Saiva temples of the Hoysala period, in Tumkur District, Karnataka. In C. B. Patil (ed.) Exploring Indian art, architecture and epigraphy (pp. 209-218) IBP Books. This article presents two Hoysala temples where the rays of the rising sun on equinoxes illuminate the idol within the sanctum.