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The faces of Mahalakshmi
While the word Mahalakshmi evokes images of the Hindu goddess of wealth seated on a lotus, the deity in Kolhapur, referred to as Amba-bai by locals, evokes Durga, the goddess of war…
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Passport shame: What’s really at the heart of the California textbook row on Hinduism?
It is a battle that will not die down, for it reveals a great split in the Indian American community…
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Caste Purana
Traditionally, there are 18 Maha-puranas or major texts, 18 Upa-purnas or minor texts, hundreds of Kshetra-puranas, that tell the story of pilgrim spots, Jati-puranas, that tell the story of different castes…
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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…
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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 ?…