When asked to write about the word “ram,” I first had to check if it was the English word for a male sheep, or Hebrew for “elevated, exalted.” After being told it was the former, I still needed to ...

“रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मः” — Rama is the embodiment of Dharma. (Mahabharata, Aranya Kanda) When the final avatar of Vishnu, Kalki, descends upon earth at the end of Kali Yuga, the first word that will ...