From the encyclopedic text of the Mahabharata, Prof. Paturi addressed topics relating to Strategy, Diplomacy, Ethics, Negotiations, the Science and the Art of Rhetoric, Justice, Human Rights, with implications for contemporary Statecraft. The discussions provide rare insight on prevalent issues of ahimsa vs war, dharma vs adharma, through the characters in the narrative.

Prof. Nagraj Paturi,  is currently the Director, Inter-Gurukula University Centre for Indic knowledge Systems of Indic Academy. These are recordings of  his talks (14 hours) at the workshop on Lessons from the Mahābhārata for Modern Bhārat organised by CIF incollaboration with Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth in June 2018.