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  • Mythology of the Undead

    Mythology of the Undead

    If there is no flesh, then the dead cannot be undead…

  • When a dog wept in Ayodhya

    When a dog wept in Ayodhya

    What was the mystery?…

  • One or many faces of Divinity

    One or many faces of Divinity

    In a world that is increasingly realizing the value of diversity, there needs to be diversity in how one is allowed to approach the divine…

  • Gods of Human Settlement

    Gods of Human Settlement

    Humans do not have to create settlement; these are created voluntarily to satisfy human desires with the aid of human inventions and innovations…

  • Delusion of culture

    Delusion of culture

    Somehow it is easier to cope with a mystery that has a face…

  • Two-way Street

    Two-way Street

    Induction can be equated to the first week of the bride in the new house…

  • The story of Ram’s elder sister

    The story of Ram’s elder sister

    In keeping with the times where we want to celebrate our girl children too…

  • Power Exchange

    Power Exchange

    Fear works only until people have another option…

  • Descent of Kalki

    Descent of Kalki

    What goes away comes back. So what is being rescued?…

  • The weak in the pack

    The weak in the pack

    For the cynic, battlegrounds are truth; playgrounds are fantasy…

  • When the wallet grows, but not the heart

    When the wallet grows, but not the heart

    As organizations grow, we often think only in economic terms (Lakshmi growth). We not think of the impact on emotions (Durga); the associated loss/gain of power. We do not think of the impact on imagination and thought (Saraswati)…

  • When the goddess demands cross dressing

    When the goddess demands cross dressing

    The Goddess is equated with the fierce mother and very clearly distinguished from the woman who is seen as property and object of pleasure…

  • Desire and the Goddess

    Desire and the Goddess

    The seed of any enterprise, any yagna, is desire, kama…

  • Marks on the forehead

    Marks on the forehead

    It is time to stop and look at them, decode them, understand what they mean, for locked in them is wisdom of our ancestors awaiting discovery…

  • Gazing upon the mythic woman

    Gazing upon the mythic woman

    Like the idol of the deity in a Hindu temple, meaning comes from the devotee…

  • Ignite my hunger

    Ignite my hunger

    To reach out to any consumer, we need to understand human hunger and its triggers…

  • Green-eyed colleague

    Green-eyed colleague

    At the core of the problem is the issue of power…

  • A fair Share

    A fair Share

    Who decides what is fair? Fairness is subjective, not objective…