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Published on 14th July, 2019, in Mid-day An ancient Egyptian tale, almost 3,000 years ago, tells the story of two brothers—Anpu and Bata. Anpu's wife was sexually attracted to Bata, who was young and handsome. But, Bata refused her sexual advances, which angered the wife, who told Anpu that his younger brother tried to rape her. In his anger, Anpu chases his brother, intent on killing him. Bata runs and prays to the sun god, Ra, to protect him. Because he is innocent, Ra diverts the river Nile, filled with crocodiles, to separate the two brothers. Bata, to prove his innocence, castrates himself and throws ..

Published on 17th November, 2018 in Economic Times. In the Mahabharata, we rarely hear about servants who served royal people. They are seldom mentioned and they don’t play a critical role. The one exception to this comes in the thirteenth year of the exile of the Pandavas described in the Virat Parva. The Pandavas, who gamble away their kingdom, are asked to spend twelve years of exile in the forest, and the thirteenth year they have to live incognito where no one can discover them. If discovered, they have to go back to the forest for another twelve years. So they disguise themselves as servants ..