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Is post-truth same as myth?
Western myth, or the dominant worldview that shapes the long history of the West, remains singular and linear…
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Will India inc hire gay Tim Cook post-377 verdict?
With Supreme Court of India decimalizing homosexuality in no uncertain terms on 6th September 2018, will companies include ‘sexuality’ as part of their diversity policy?…
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Back to old values of love
By decriminalising gay sex, SC recognises where India’s greatness lies – in inclusion and diversity…
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INFINITY HAS NO BOUNDARIES
Indian ancient religions are actually very accepting of gay people…
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A Buddhist Goddess
Before this, the only goddess who was very prominent in Buddhist literature was Shri or the Goddess of fortune, clearly included within the Buddhist iconography by the lay people…
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Who is a Hindu? North’s Kanwariya and South’s Kavadi
A selective understanding of the faith by those who control social discourse is the tragedy of Hinduism…
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Krishna As a Girl
Strivesha is a depiction of Krishna as a woman, writes DEVDUTT PATTANAIK, and narrates stories related to the form of Krishna that displays joy and showers affection…
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Vedic thunder, rain and frogs
Published on 26th August, 2018, in Mid-day. Parjanya is the Vedic god of rain and …
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Power Helped Women Change World Religions
Roughly 1500 years ago, femininity became a major force, not because men became enlightened, but because women secured positions of power…
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Breaking the binary
Binaries are a cultural concept for simplicity. But, in nature there is no such thing as binaries, things wax and wane, telescope into each other, there are species which mingle and merge and there is no absolute…
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Who is a Hindu? – Saraswati: Once she was a river
Historians are fairly confident that at one time a river called Saraswati flowed in the north-west part of India, near or around the river Indus, and it is here that the early Vedic civilisation thrived…
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Acknowledging Islam’s Diversity
At the time of the World Wars, beyond the traditional Shia-Sunni divide, Islam had many regional forms: there was an Arabic form, there was a Persian form, there was the Indian form, there was an Indonesian form…
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Who is a Hindu?: Gods and judges
Rules are supposed to make us humans. It is unfortunate that those who came up with these theories and rules, both the Brahmins and kings, did not apply these principles of dharma on themselves…
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Spa-walla Buddha
Today when you think of Buddha, he has become a spa icon. You can go to any health spa for a massage, a steam or a jacuzzi and there in front of you, you will find an image of Buddha,…
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Hindu gods like Rama & Shiva have six packs now to kill bad guys, like American superheroes
Even Amar Chitra Katha’s new comics have abandoned the gentle sensuality of Raja Ravi Varma and embraced the hyper-masculine, angry, violent American superhero style to portray Hindu gods and goddesses…
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Misreading Gita As Motivation
The Bhagavad Gita is a philosophy being presented in the middle of a battleground…
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Vedanta and LGBTIQ
A selective understanding of the faith by those who control social discourse is the tragedy of Hinduism…
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Expressing devotion sensually
The classic Sanskrit version is found in the 1,000-year-old Bhagavata Purana…