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Civilisational Fear of Merchants
In Sanskrit, a trader is a vanik. The word comes from the root pan to “bargain”. From the same root comes the Panis of the…
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Why Yoga Is Not Science
In September 1893, Swami Vivekananda stood before the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago and told an American audience that…
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Did Women Compose Vedic Hymns?
The Rig Veda certainly contains women. Women speak. Goddesses speak. Wives speak to husbands. Women express desire, anger, jealousy and…
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Misunderstanding the Flood Myth
Some historians have tried to connect all three stories because they share floods, boats, and fish. But these similarities are…
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Genetics of Love-Jihad and Love-Jauhar
Twenty years ago, the phrase ‘Love-Jihad’ entered the Indian public sphere. The underlying idea was that Hindu women were being…
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Itihasa: A History of Hindu Mythology
Deeply researched and painstakingly put together, this magnum opus by Bharat’s foremost mythologist, Devdutt Pattanaik, explores: how Hindu mythology changed with history; how Indian history…
