Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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The Goddess Meenakshi of Madurai
Published on 27th November, 2016, in Mumbai Mirror. We have all heard the story of …
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The glory of Odisha’s Gosani jatra
Delving into history takes us to the festival’s Odia roots…
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How many gods must our judicial system please?
Hindu wisdom seems incompatible with our courts, where the state almost becomes a jealous God who can throw whoever it deems unfit into hell…
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On Durga Puja, let’s not forget the glory of Odisha’s Gosani jatra
Delving into history takes us to the festival’s Odia roots…
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How Edicts Helped Ashoka
How did the king establish his power in his absence? He needed to establish monuments, pillars with his symbol: the lion, leaving no one in doubt about who was in charge. And then, putting across edicts stating clearly his goals and expectations…
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What Is ‘Indianisation’ Of Education?
What we choose to teach our children reveals our prejudices and our hierarchies: it shows us up – what we consider to be true and worthy knowledge and what we dismiss as irrelevant and false – whether we are parochial, global or cosmic in outlook…
