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    Kappiri, Habshi and African Slave Gods

    Kappiri, Habshi and African Slave Gods

    The eastern coast of Africa has a long relationship of trade with the western coast of India. However much of it is undocumented and hence it is not part of the popular imagination…

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    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 …

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    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 …

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    History of How Brahmins Migrated to All Parts of India

    History of How Brahmins Migrated to All Parts of India

    Published on 31st December, 2022, in Times of India. To appreciate the history of Africa, …

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    India and China Have Received Many Ideas from Each Other

    India and China Have Received Many Ideas from Each Other

    Published on 26th November, 2022, in Economic Times. Nationalists in India and China love the …

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    Why Do We Sacrifice Humans to a God, Ideology or Nation?

    Why Do We Sacrifice Humans to a God, Ideology or Nation?

    Published on 16th October, 2022, in Times of India. There are two types of gods …

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    Did Aryans Migrate Out of India to the West, or to the South?

    Did Aryans Migrate Out of India to the West, or to the South?

    Published on 16th July, 2022, in Times of India. Three kinds of people love the …

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    Modern Management Is Essentially Violent As It Is Based on Consumption

    Modern Management Is Essentially Violent As It Is Based on Consumption

    Published on 16th April, 2022, in Economic Times. Consumption is violence. Bhoga (food) demands bali …

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    How Hindus of Andaman and Nicobar Rejected Religious Bigotry,

    How Hindus of Andaman and Nicobar Rejected Religious Bigotry,

    Published on 9th April, 2022, in Times of India. Located where the Andaman Sea meets …

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    How Do We Know What We Know?

    How Do We Know What We Know?

    Published on 20th March, 2022, in Mid-day. How do we know what we know? This …

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    Temples of Swaminarayan

    Temples of Swaminarayan

    Published on 13th November, 2021, in Economic Times. Most Indians are familiar with Raja Ram …

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    Religion In Prehistoric India

    Religion In Prehistoric India

    Published on 3rd January, 2021, in Mid-day. Humans domesticated fire around 3,00,000 years ago. We …

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    Sea of Spices: How Trade Gets Intertwined With Myths

    Sea of Spices: How Trade Gets Intertwined With Myths

    Published on 26th December, 2020, in Economic Times. There was a goddess called Harsiddhi Mata …

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    Ithasa As Propaganda

    Ithasa As Propaganda

    Published on 31st October, 2020, in Economic Times. If one travels to ancient Egypt, one …

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    Menstrual Taboos Are Not Unique to Hinduism

    Menstrual Taboos Are Not Unique to Hinduism

    Who is a Hindu? Menstrual taboos are not unique to Hinduism Published on 16th August, …

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    Islam’s Agricultural Contribution

    Islam’s Agricultural Contribution

    Published on 17th April, 2020, in the Economic Times Nabi Bansa is a Bengali epic …

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    The idea of many religions

    The idea of many religions

    The Europeans believed the only truth was Christianity…

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    High cost of diversity

    High cost of diversity

    Can we say that India’s diversity is the reason why it seems ‘chaotic’?…

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