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2023

  • What Is Common Between Gandhi, Draupadi and Chanakya?

    What Is Common Between Gandhi, Draupadi and Chanakya?

    Published on 7th May, 2023, in Mid-day. Gandhi, Draupadi and Chanakya, all stood up to …

  • The Hindu History of Bengal

    The Hindu History of Bengal

    Published on 6th May, 2023, in Times of India. When we talk about Bengal, we …

  • Indra’s Paradise Is the Indian Paradise

    Indra’s Paradise Is the Indian Paradise

    Published on 30th April, 2023, in Mid-day. Swarga or paradise of the gods, full of …

  • The Ahimsa Seal of the Indus

    The Ahimsa Seal of the Indus

    Published on 29th April, 2023, in Economic Times. The oldest seals depicting ahimsa (non-violence) are …

  • Jain Vaman and Jain Parashuram

    Jain Vaman and Jain Parashuram

    Published on 23rd April, 2023, in Mid-day. Jainism thrived in the western part of India, …

  • Gujarat’s Violent, Historical Relationship with Muslim Warlords

    Gujarat’s Violent, Historical Relationship with Muslim Warlords

    Published on 22nd April, 2023, in Times of India. Somnath, on the Gujarat coast, is …

  • No Hymns for the Donkey

    No Hymns for the Donkey

    Published on 21st April, 2023, in The Hindu. In the past 30 years, the donkey …

  • A Serial Killer From Vedic Times

    A Serial Killer From Vedic Times

    Published on 16th April, 2023, in Mid-day. The Jaiminiya Brahmana is the prose section of …

  • The Wokeness of Bhasmasur

    The Wokeness of Bhasmasur

    Published on 15th April, 2023, in Economic Times. In the famous miniseries, Game of Thrones, …

  • Reframing Hindu Gods As Saviour Gods

    Reframing Hindu Gods As Saviour Gods

    Published on 9th April, 2023, in Mid-day. As per Christianity mythology, Jesus was crucified on …

  • Why Puranas Represent a Wider Indian Ethos Than the Vedas

    Why Puranas Represent a Wider Indian Ethos Than the Vedas

    Published on 5th April, 2023, in Times of India. The Puranas are called the fifth …

  • How Was I Conceived?

    How Was I Conceived?

    Published on 2nd April, 2023, in Mid-day. In Ramayan, Sita is ploughed out from the …

  • Forgotten Ballads Of Indian Merchants

    Forgotten Ballads Of Indian Merchants

    Published on 1st April, 2023, in Economic Times. India was famous for trading with Southeast …

  • Indian Mathematics For the Ego

    Indian Mathematics For the Ego

    Published on 19th March, 2023, in Mid-day. To show how time is different for different …

  • How Jains Described Chanakya and Chandra Gupta Maurya

    How Jains Described Chanakya and Chandra Gupta Maurya

    Published on 18th March, 2023, in Economic Times. As per popular lore, Chanakya was a …

  • Veda 360 degrees

    Veda 360 degrees

    Veda 360 degrees is a deep dive into India’s oldest scripture, the soul of Hinduism, where we learn about Vedas, its origin, its structure, its content and how is it connected to current Hindu customs and beliefs…

  • Pre-history of Aryans They Don’t Tell You

    Pre-history of Aryans They Don’t Tell You

    Published on 11th March, 2023, in Times of India. Nationalists on social media argue that …

  • Tibetan Ramayana

    Tibetan Ramayana

    Published on 12th March, 2023, in Mid-day. In the early 20th century, six incomplete manuscripts …