Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Are Indian courts and activists denying the gods their gender and sexuality?
This de-sexing of gods and goddesses makes it difficult to explain the exclusion of women from the presence of celibate gods…
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Worshipping the womb
At a time when any public discussion of genitalia evokes shame, goddess Kamakhya celebrates a woman’s fertility and desire…
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Books
The Leadership Sutra: An Indian Approach to Power
The Leadership Sutra offers startling and original insights into the exercise of power and leadership. This title will be released around April 27, 2016…
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A ritual cleansing
Notions of reform are often based on ‘assumptions of deformity’, which are dependent on ‘assumptions of normality’…
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Prosecuting the Gods
Conversations that seek to ‘justify’ the actions of mythic figures often miss the point…
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Beyond Hinduism: Is caste a religious or a regional problem?
Which mythology – religious or secular – shapes the South Asian mind?…
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Misogyny in Buddhist Lore
The world is conditioned to see the Ramayana and Manu-Smriti as anti-women, but not the Buddhist lore…
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Superstition and the inherent cruelty of rationalists
Rationality, secularism, religion, and superstition are parts of the same continuum called culture…
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The Transformation of Murugan
In Murugan, Shiva, the distant stoic sage, unites with the vibrant demanding goddess Shakti…
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The rise of non-violent terrorism
It is ironic lines are getting blurred between the severest form of Jainism and militant Brahmanism in the name of Hindutva…
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Two kinds of prudery
In ancient India, as indicated from all literature and rituals, all forms of pleasure were celebrated…
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No resting in peace
RIP reveals that even in modern times we want to believe that after death there is something that needs ‘rest’ and ‘peace’. …
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The Geography of Knowledge
Why have we given the West authority to determine limits of management studies?…
