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Modern Mythmaking

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    The Constructions of Holy Books

    The Constructions of Holy Books

    The modern cosmopolitan urban Hindu often overlooks this history and these divisions perhaps because it is so much convenient to ‘unify the diversity’ of Hinduism through one book…

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    Sacred Coupling

    Sacred Coupling

    On modern and ancient attitudes towards lovers who are intimate in public…

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    Babbling in India

    Babbling in India

    English is the new Sanskrit and the language of India’s creamy layer…

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    Snake and Rope

    Snake and Rope

    How we imagine reality is an indicator of our own imagined self…

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    Heartbreak Suicides

    Heartbreak Suicides

    When love is more than just sweet sorrow…

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    All that glitters

    All that glitters

    The dark side of celebrities is both fascinating and frightening…

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    Right to kill ‘My’ child

    Right to kill ‘My’ child

    About Khap panchayats and rights over parents over children…

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    Elusive Truth

    Elusive Truth

    Who makes the truth? Can truth be made?…

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    Bridging the Great Divide

    Bridging the Great Divide

    Is equality a delusion or an achievable dream?…

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    Making things Rational

    Making things Rational

    Rituals can never be rational….and not all rituals are religious…

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    Original Sin

    Original Sin

    Human civilization is based on the destruction of nature…

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    Changing Rituals

    Changing Rituals

    When did ‘Sangeet’ become a South Indian wedding ritual?…

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    The Rise of Alakshmi

    The Rise of Alakshmi

    Alakshmi enters the IPL arena…

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    An Avatar without Soul

    An Avatar without Soul

    What do we wish to give our children – the cosmetics of a story or its soul?…

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    Black gods and White gods

    Black gods and White gods

    Why Krishna is blue, not black….and why Kali when domesticated becomes white…

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