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The Glamorization of Alcohol
When the gods churned the ocean of milk, amongst the many treasures that emerged there was a lady called Varuni, daughter of the sea-god Varuna, who was the goddess of wine. Actually goddess of alcohol, but wine sounds so much better than alcohol…
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Whose Mission is it Anyway?
Every corporation is encouraged to have a mission statement. It is the common goal we are told that everyone has to align to…
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The Good Death
Euthanasia means a good death and is a term used for an old or sick person voluntarily choosing death to relieve himself/herself of pain and suffering either by refusing treatment, or by asking the assistance of a doctor to facilitate his/her death either actively (administering a poison, for example) or passively (not administering a treatment,…
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Masculine and Feminine Leaders
The male brain and the female brain are really not structurally different but one is drenched in testosterone and the other is drenched in oestrogen and so there are bound to be differences in how men and women react to crises. Upbringing and education contributes to differences…
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May the Most Fertile Win
Stories are told to make us aware that what matters more than quantity is quality…
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A Job for Disabled Gods
Why do we reject people with disabilities? Why do we want to isolate them? Why do we not want them to be seen in our midst?…
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Reverse Love
It is a case of ‘reverse love’, or what the scriptures refer to as ‘vipreet-bhakti’, a state where you hate the enemy so much that you think about them all the time and it ends up being dedicated devotion…
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Sita versus Draupadi
A comparison of these two legendary female characters reveals to us much about human personality as it does about human society…
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The Gods Bear Weapons
Those who see things literally ask: are gods approving and advocating violence?…
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Many Gitas
While Gita popularly refers only to Bhagavad Gita, there are many ‘Gitas’ in Indian literature. …
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Footprints of Pilgrims
The idea of Bhaarat is an ancient one, known to every Indian. It is not a political entity, but it is certainly an economic entity well known to pilgrims and traders…
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Hearing Sita’s Silence
Draupadi as she screams for blood and demands vengeance, and not the quiet Sita who bears the brunt of Ram’s rule-following and decision-making…
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Desperately Seeking a Role Model
In many ways our quest for the perfect role model failed us because life is not perfect and humans are not perfect…
