Writer : Ashvin Bhalekar

An Interdisciplinary Synthesis Of Principles In The Indian Wisdom Traditions And Modern Methods Of Mediation

“This is a book for those who believe that how we hold conflict matters as much as how we resolve it and that the mediator who has done the inner work is a different instrument altogether. Heart of Mediation is a significant contribution to the field.”

-JUSTICE B. N. SHRIKRISHNA
Former Judge, Supreme Court of India

Heart of Mediation is the first and foundational volume in the three-book HEART series. It brings ancient Indian wisdom into dialogue with modern mediation theory to establish the HEART Model. The book extends the inquiry beyond technique and procedure into the deeper formation of the mediator.

It develops an intellectual, ethical, and professional framework for a wiser and more humane practice of mediation. It also seeks to deepen mediation practice through greater attention to discernment, emotional steadiness, process integrity, ethical responsibility, and transformative capacity.

The work is offered as a contribution to the evolving field of mediation law and policy in India. It places mediator formation, professional standards, and institutional quality at the centre of this evolving discourse. By connecting civilisational wisdom with contemporary scholarship, the book advances a mature, principled, and distinctly Indian vision of mediation.