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Diwali for Ram, Krishna, Lakshmi, Yama, Asuras and Ancestors
Diwali celebrations vary across India: In north India, it commemorates the return of Ram, while south India celebrates the defeat of Narakasura. Western Diwali involves a business-related renewal and in eastern India, the focus shifts to ancestor worship and paying off karmic debts. These varying traditions underscore the diversity of Hinduism across the different regions…
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Faithful Husbands, Faithful Wives: What Epics Tell Us About Fidelity
Renuka is polluted in thought. Ahalya is polluted in body. Sita is polluted in reputation. …
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Ravana’s Women: How Warrior Women Are Forgotten In Hindutva’s Version Of Ramayan
Women are shown as Durga, again a warrior, again alone. Bharat Mata is also alone, with a lion and weapons. God is male here and if not male, certainly violent. …
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Is Krishna’s Sanatan Dharma Different From the One Of Today?
Sanatan means timeless. What is timeless?…
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Bhima In Nepal
Bhima is the strongest man of earth as per the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata…
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Science Values Doubt Over Faith
Most people confuse science with logic. Anyone can be logical, even analytical, in establishing causality. But science is about stepping outside the human mind, relying on measurement, comparison and evidence. …
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Hindu Gods Are Singers, Dancers and Artists
But, in Hindu mythology, gods also sing, dance and make music and this is what makes Hinduism stand out from most other religions…
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Decoding Ganesha’s Parenthood
Ganesha’s arrival, in the latter half of the monsoon, marks the transformation of Shiva, the hermit, into Shankara, the householder. …
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Caste Tales They Don’t Tell Us
Caste is a word introduced by Europeans about 300 years ago for what Indians have referred to as jati for at least 2,000 years…
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Was Ravana’s Lanka Actually Located in Odisha?
Where did Ravan get his gold from? Was Ramayana the story of Aryans in search of gold?…
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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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Does India Link Us to Our British Rulers or Ramayana?
Unless we accept the story of Indumati, India is effectively a name by which the outsider saw India…
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Aging Parents as Cost Centre
In the old days, children were an investment centre, as their success ensure improvement in parents’ lifestyle. Poor parents rejoice in success of children, in whom they invested money and education. But now children have become a cost centre, you can send them to the best schools, best colleges, but you do not expect them…
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Alone As the Rhinoceros’ Horn
We know the one-horned rhino is the state animal of Assam. As per a folk poetry in the Terai region, Vishwakarma created this beast by mixing elephant skin, horse hooves, crocodile eyes, bear brain, lion heart and a bull’s horn…
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The Influence of Vikramaditya
Today’s politicians have convinced themselves and their vote bank that they exist to defend Hindu …
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Lives of Adi Shankaracharya
With all these different sources, one wonders what the truth about Shankaracharya is…
