2014 / Articles
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The Death of the Vidushak
With the rise of democracy, and modern institutions, the Vidushak has probably been secularised.
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A Job for Disabled Gods
Why do we reject people with disabilities? Why do we want to isolate them? Why do we not want them to be seen in our midst?
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Reverse Love
It is a case of ‘reverse love’, or what the scriptures refer to as ‘vipreet-bhakti’, a state where you hate the enemy so much that you think about them all the time and it ends up being dedicated devotion.
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Sita versus Draupadi
A comparison of these two legendary female characters reveals to us much about human personality as it does about human society.
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Hating Wendy
In response to the decision of Penguin to withdraw and pulp Wendy Doniger’s book “The Hindus: An Alternative History”.
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Durga’s Lions
This lion is the animal within us that seeks to dominate. Why does the lion seek to dominate?
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That Delightful Honeymoon
In the mouths of political celibates, the word ‘honeymoon’ can become vulgar. But the word itself is full of tenderness, anxieties and aspirations of newly weds.
