Modern Mythmaking
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Sensational Eyes
We are reminded that no one is perfect, not even the king of the gods. And no one has to be perfect.
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Satyameva Jayate, means?
To understand truth, we have to differentiate between the words satya and mithya. To understand victory, we have to differentiate between the words vijaya and jaya.
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Making Personal Growth a Lever of Business
Those who chase Lakshmi are not enshrined in Hindu temples. Shiva, who is indifferent to Lakshmi, is, and so is Vishnu, who works towards attracting her.
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The Goddess Collective and its Brother
Shrines of the six or seven sisters are found across India from the Himalayas to the Gangetic plains to the forests of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
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A Change of Language
Language is dynamic. And since words create worlds, the world is dynamic. This dynamism is seen in religion too.
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The Doubtful Reality of Histories
History, for the rishis, is how we use imagination to make sense of the world.
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Indianomix – Mythical or Modern
This is an exclusive excerpt from Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya’s book “Indianomix,” published by Random House India on Dec. 6. This excerpt is adapted from the fourth section of Chapter 5, “Mythical or Modern?”
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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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Devaluing your value
The concept of needing only what we use or what is actually required is indeed very alien to us.
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Look left and right
Remove those blinders and try to look in every possible direction.That is when you see the light 1
