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Does Your God Approve Homophobia?
Which message of God is true? There is no way to confirm any of this. They are matters of faith, based on myth i.e. cultural truths…
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The Greek Hero
Greek stories are full of defiance, and achievement, not about obligation, obedience, and charity…
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History of Amrita Manthan
There are far more Samudra Manthan images found in Southeast Asia than in India, and this remains a huge mystery…
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The Greek Hero Never Cared For Justice
Justice is not a fact. It is a cultural truth that shaped Middle Eastern cultures…
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Fifth Veda Uses Gender As a Metaphor
We need to remember that as per popular lore, the gods created the Puranas as the Fifth Veda to transmit Vedic wisdom to women and lowborn people who did not have access to the mantra and the ritual…
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Greek Gods, English Words
In the Devanagari script, there is no upper and lowercase. So, the name of God can become a proper noun and a common noun…
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Flood Myths
Many mythologies around the world have a flood myth. But not all flood myths are the same…
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Do Not Travel to Non-Human Worlds
There is a Japanese tale of a fisherman who saves a turtle from a fishing net. …
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Sons Who Kill Their Fathers
A recurring theme in Greek mythology is of sons killing their fathers…
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Hill Fairies Who Abduct Men
The idea of enchanting magical women abducting men is a recurring idea around the world. …
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The Goddess Came Later
We can argue that goddesses have been integral to Hinduism since Vedic times. But of the 1,000 hymns of the Rig Veda only the maximum number of hymns dedicated to a goddess as the 21 hymns for Usha, the dawn-goddess…
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Origins of the Rice Goddess
The oldest Indian mythology of rice can be found among the Bonda tribal people, who live in Odisha, who are linked to the Munda and Austroasiatic communities who entered India from the Southeast, and brought rice growing technology with them over 4,000 years ago…
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Reframing Hindu Gods As Saviour Gods
Published on 9th April, 2023, in Mid-day. As per Christianity mythology, Jesus was crucified on Friday and he resurrected himself on Sunday. By defying death, he declares his status as Son of God. He is the saviour. Why do humans need a saviour? The answer is found in the Old Testament of the Bible. Humans…
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Again and Again and Again
Published on 6th November, 2022, in Mid-day. In Greek mythology, we hear the story of Sisyphus. The gods condemn him to roll a rock up the mountain all day, only to find the rock rolling down at night. Thus, he is doomed for all eternity, to repeat the task again and again and again. This…
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Why Do We Sacrifice Humans to a God, Ideology or Nation?
Published on 16th October, 2022, in Times of India. There are two types of gods in this world. The singular god of monotheists and the many gods of polytheists. The one god of monotheists demands obedience to the law he communicates through messengers. The many gods of polytheists offer all sorts of help, and solve…
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Two Gods In Our Brain
Published on 26th June, 2022, in Mid-day. We are familiar with that false idea that the left brain grants us logical thinking and mathematics and the right brain grants us creativity and abstract thinking, and that students of science and commerce have left brain orientation while students of the arts have right brain orientation. In…