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Full-and-Final Settlement Before God
Published on 28th May, 2022, in Economic Times. We often forget that the word cash …
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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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The Dark Man on a White Horse
Published on 6th March, 2022, in Mid-day. Most Indians have heard about Somnath temple that …
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How Did Tantra Spread from India to Tibet?
Published on 14th August, 2021, in Times of India. Tibetan Buddhism is called Vajrayana Buddhism, …
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Is Lanka Located In Madhya Pradesh?
Published on 28th February, 2021, in Mumbai Mirror. Temples dedicated to Ravana in MP, and …
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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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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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Sacred Footprints And Footwear
Published on 5th July, 2020, in Mid-day. In the Mahabharata, there is the story that …
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When the Vedas Reached South
Published on 19th April, 2020, in Mid-day The mention of southern states is conspicuously absent …
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Fourteen jewels from the sea
Published on 11th January, 2020, in the Economic Times The churning of the ocean of …
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Managing the boss in India
Published on 26th July, 2019, in Economic Times A friend from Southeast Asia once told …
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Sea-faring Kaundinya
Published on 8th June, 2019, in Mid-day. If you travel to Cambodia, you will come …
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Hinduism and Buddhism
Published on 28th April, 2019, in Mumbai Mirror. It was in the 19th Century that …
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How India lost its rich maritime tradition to Europeans
Published on 22nd March, 2019, in Economic Times. Sea travel is mentioned in the Buddhist …
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Land of body parts
The Buddhists and the Hindus share the idea of the land becoming sacred, when it is connected with the body of a holy being…
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Who is a Hindu? The forest of sacred stories
Puranas introduce us to the classical Hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and their spouses — goddesses Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati…
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Spa-walla Buddha
Today when you think of Buddha, he has become a spa icon. You can go to any health spa for a massage, a steam or a jacuzzi and there in front of you, you will find an image of Buddha,…
