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What do Manusmriti and Dharmashastra have to say about homosexuality?
Tales, of God prohibiting certain sexual acts but allowing others, are not found in Hindu mythology…
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Use for Rudolf’s nose
This is the story of the person who does not fit in society’s clearly defined roles: the outsider, the queer. How is that misfit included in society, made useful, rendered valid?…
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A Lotus for a Temple
Built in 1986, an architectural marvel, this iconic shrine in Delhi attracts millions of tourists every year…
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From Macaulay to Frawley, from Doniger to Elst Why do many Indians need White saviours?
Would non-White Indologists evoke such passions as the likes of Sheldon Pollock and Wendy Doniger or David Frawley and Koenraad Elst do?…
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Is God judge or accountant?
We live in a web of debts. Debt leads to rebirth. No debt leads to liberation…
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Was Harappan civilisation Vedic, or Hindu?
This is an extremely tough question to answer as it depends on what you consider Harappan, Hindu and Vedic…
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Chausath Yogini Temple
Yoginis in a Circle : Our Parliament House, completed in 1927, has been patterned on the lines of the circular Chausath Yogini Temple, dating back to circa 1323AD…
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When Asked a Question
What many do not realise is that questions that follow lectures are often designed to evoke a combat…
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When did events of Ramayana and Mahabharata actually occur?
It all depends on what answer you are prepared to receive, for the answer is complicated and mired in politics…
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Gods of plurality
Plurality is described as respecting each other’s faith. But what if there is something unworthy of respect in the other’s faith…
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The Goddess Meenakshi of Madurai
Published on 27th November, 2016, in Mumbai Mirror. We have all heard the story of …
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Explanation from mythology: Why people voted for Modi, Brexit and Trump — and against Arab Spring
Modern society works on the philosophy of equality. These verdicts are a vote for diversity…
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Misunderstanding Saraswati
In social sciences, the study of Lakshmi becomes economics and study of Durga becomes politics. The study of Saraswati becomes philosophy…
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What Alexander the Great learnt from a Hindu ascetic
For long have Europeans retold Indic mythologies. It is time for Indians to reverse the gaze…
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Why are Hindus so ritualistic?
As long as we are human, as long as we want to bind humans to a community, as long as we want to feel that life has a pattern and predictability, we need rituals…
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The Bahubali saga
The 57-feet-tall statue, built centuries ago, is still Karnataka’s pride…
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End of Enlightenment?
‘A WISE man is calm in fortune and misfortune. He does not separate good times and bad times. He lets go of sukkha, the feeling of joy, and dukkha, the feeling of sorrow.’…
