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  • History versus Mythology

    History versus Mythology

    The age old battle between history and mythology…

  • You still eat with your hands

    You still eat with your hands

    What is okay for me need not be okay for you.What is not acceptable is you putting down what is okay for me…

  • Dum Maro Dum

    Dum Maro Dum

    Putting conditions and restricting the use of certain substances is not as helpful as it should be.After,all we love to consume what is supposedly “bad” for us,dont we ?…

  • 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…

  • East vs. West: TED Talk – Mysore 2009

    East vs. West: TED Talk – Mysore 2009

    The Infosys campus, where the event was held was truly impressive. The buildings which were neo-colonial or Spanish or ultra modern, the clean roads and clean rooms and the do-not-walk-on-the-grass rule seemed rather un-Indian but it displayed what Indians can create. More impressive than the infrastructure was the staff of Infosys, who treated you like…

  • The atheist turns to mythology

    The atheist turns to mythology

    Kishore Biyani is a borderline atheist. Yet, he’s got a Chief Belief Officer delving into mythology to shape management at the Future Group…

  • Why is Wednesday called Wednesday?

    Why is Wednesday called Wednesday?

    What are the origins of the various names of our week ?…

  • Waves of Varuna

    Waves of Varuna

    Water – sometimes turbulent,most times tranquil,occasionally destructive but always ever changing and fluid…