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Flood Myths
Many mythologies around the world have a flood myth. But not all flood myths are the same…
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Do Not Travel to Non-Human Worlds
There is a Japanese tale of a fisherman who saves a turtle from a fishing net. …
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How Shiva First Appeared in Mumbai
Mumbai has a long history with tribal, Buddhist, Jain, Hindu, Muslim and Christian roots, dating from Mauryan times…
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Decoding Ganesha’s Parenthood
Ganesha’s arrival, in the latter half of the monsoon, marks the transformation of Shiva, the hermit, into Shankara, the householder. …
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Khandoba and the Gods of Collaboration
In Maharashtra, near Pune, is the town of Jejuri. Here, atop a hill, is a citadel-like turmeric-covered temple dedicated to the much-revered folk deity locally known as Khandoba…
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Caste Tales They Don’t Tell Us
Caste is a word introduced by Europeans about 300 years ago for what Indians have referred to as jati for at least 2,000 years…
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Was Ravana’s Lanka Actually Located in Odisha?
Where did Ravan get his gold from? Was Ramayana the story of Aryans in search of gold?…
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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…
