2016 / Articles
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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 Ram, a prince from North India, who went to the southern tip of India. But when was the last time you heard of a queen…
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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
[Book extract] 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.
