Lecture 1 By Professor Arindam Chakrabarti

Professor Arindam Chakrabarti, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Ashoka University, Sonipat (Haryana) dilivered the 27th Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Lecture (RKML) on 06th March 2026 on “Humanity as the Heart and Honey of All Living Beings: The Idealistic Realism of Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad” The lecture proposes a reconciliation between Idealism and Realism. This lecture is meant as a tribute to Dr. Sarvepalle Radhakrishnan's Idealist View of Life which was itself inspired equally by the Upanishads, Bhagavadgītā and Gitanjali of Tagore.