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Sons Who Kill Their Fathers
A recurring theme in Greek mythology is of sons killing their fathers…
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Does India Link Us to Our British Rulers or Ramayana?
Unless we accept the story of Indumati, India is effectively a name by which the outsider saw India…
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Aging Parents as Cost Centre
In the old days, children were an investment centre, as their success ensure improvement in parents’ lifestyle. Poor parents rejoice in success of children, in whom they invested money and education. But now children have become a cost centre, you can send them to the best schools, best colleges, but you do not expect them…
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Alone As the Rhinoceros’ Horn
We know the one-horned rhino is the state animal of Assam. As per a folk poetry in the Terai region, Vishwakarma created this beast by mixing elephant skin, horse hooves, crocodile eyes, bear brain, lion heart and a bull’s horn…
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How Maharashtra Became a Stronghold of Hinduism
Today, we see Maharashtra as a land defined by political boundaries. But traditionally it has been the land of the Marathi-speaking people, who speak a set of multiple dialects that emerged from Maharashtri Prakrit and was deeply influenced by Sanskrit (which Brahmins encouraged) and even Persian (which Brahmins hated)…
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The Influence of Vikramaditya
Today’s politicians have convinced themselves and their vote bank that they exist to defend Hindu …
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We Are No Different Than Our Vedic Ancestors
Hymns of the Rig Veda were composed in the Punjab-Haryana region around 1500 BCE…
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Why Hindu and Muslim Attacks on Temples Differed
While we want to reduce communal tensions created using history, we should not try to overstretch a point to make it seem like Muslim invasions did not bring about a major cultural shift in India’s past. …
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Lives of Adi Shankaracharya
With all these different sources, one wonders what the truth about Shankaracharya is…
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From Shiva’s Knot to Ram’s Chanda Mama – Our Stories of the Moon
As Chandrayaan-3 lands on the moon, it just so happens that the name of the current Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud, means “on whose brow the moon takes refuge” – a title for Shiva…
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BooksFeatured Books
Bahubali: 63 Insights Into Jainism
In Bahubali, Devdutt Pattanaik explores the stories, symbols, rituals and ideas associated with one of India’s most ancient but lesser-known faiths, and shows us why the tenets of Jainism are still very relevant to all of us even today…
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Oppenheimer’s Gita
Many Indians get excited when White People read Indian religious texts. Hindutva WhatsApp groups proudly …
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From Fortune’s Favourite to Mother’s Son
Indians have visualised India in many different ways. Often through the lens of outsiders. About …
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Hill Fairies Who Abduct Men
The idea of enchanting magical women abducting men is a recurring idea around the world. …
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Why Stories of Floating Idols Crashing Ships Continues to Endure
The idea of a temple or a deity attracting ships, forcing them to move off course and causing shipwrecks by their magnetic power is also found on the western coast of India…
