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Indian Mythology

  • Garuda Purana

    Garuda Purana

    and Other Hindu Ideas on Death, Rebirth & Immortality…

  • How a ‘Ram Rajya’ Was Established In South

    How a ‘Ram Rajya’ Was Established In South

    Published on 27th August, 2022, in Times of India. About 700 years ago, on the …

  • Vishranti, That State of Repose

    Vishranti, That State of Repose

    Published on 21st August, 2022, in Mid-Day. We spent our lives seeking opportunities to nourish …

  • When Somnath Temple Was Being Raided, Chola kings Were Reaching Vietnam

    When Somnath Temple Was Being Raided, Chola kings Were Reaching Vietnam

    Published on 15th August, 2022, in Times of India. As per Brahmin lore, all civilisation …

  • Three Global Gifts From Indian Civilisation

    Three Global Gifts From Indian Civilisation

    Published on 14th August, 2022, in Mid-day. Culture creates ideas. Civilisation shares ideas. Can India …

  • The Elusive Amrita and the Question Of Eternal Life

    The Elusive Amrita and the Question Of Eternal Life

    Published on 11th August, 2022, in The Hindu. The earliest story of the grand churning …

  • Can Indians Really Decolonise Their Mindset

    Can Indians Really Decolonise Their Mindset

    Published on 31st July, 2022, in Times of India. Of late, politicians, journalists and actors …

  • Ending the Fast

    Ending the Fast

    Published on 24th July, 2022, in Mid-day. Fasting is a very important spiritual practice. It …

  • Wisdom of Seeds, Before Sanskrit

    Wisdom of Seeds, Before Sanskrit

    Published on 17th July, 2022, in Mid-day. In Indian mythology, two metaphors are used to …

  • 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 …

  • History of Bharat in Seven Days

    History of Bharat in Seven Days

    Published on 10th July, 2022, in Mid-day. When you compress India’s history to one week, …

  • A Brief History of the Lion-Kings of Andhra

    A Brief History of the Lion-Kings of Andhra

    Published on 3rd July, 2022, in Times of India. Everyone knows about the famous Venktateshwara …

  • Two Gods In Our Brain

    Two Gods In Our Brain

    Published on 26th June, 2022, in Mid-day. We are familiar with that false idea that …

  • How Hinduism Flourished in Kerala

    How Hinduism Flourished in Kerala

    Published on 18th June, 2022, in Times of India. As per legend, the western coast …

  • Dharm Aur Samlaingikta/धर्म और समलैंगिकता

    Dharm Aur Samlaingikta/धर्म और समलैंगिकता

    हमारे देश में एक संस्था है क्वीयर हिन्दू अलायंस, जो समलैंगिकता और हिन्दू धर्म के …

  • Why Did Medieval Indian Cavalries Shun the Parthian Shot In Archery?

    Why Did Medieval Indian Cavalries Shun the Parthian Shot In Archery?

    Published on 17th June, 2022, in The Hindu. In one retelling of the epic Ramayana, …

  • Flying Mountains Do Not Lie

    Flying Mountains Do Not Lie

    Published on 29th May, 2022, in Mid-day. Nationalists want to believe that Hinduism existed homogeneously …

  • Claiming the Earth as Nation

    Claiming the Earth as Nation

    Published on 22nd May, 2022, in Mid-day. In prehistoric times, people captured a hunting ground …