Society
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Amritsar: The Lake of Nectar
The Golden Temple is located in the middle of a water body considered to be an elixir of eternal life.
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Feudal trap: Why do Indians fear prostitutes and traders?
We yearn for loyalty and are afraid of those who sell their skills and expertise to the highest bidder.
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Unravelling male nudes
Depending on the gaze, depending on the context, nudity has a different meaning.
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Food is truth: What the Hindu gods are given to eat and why
Excerpted from Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik, based on the TV show, Penguin Books.
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Is Hinduism A Religion, A Myth Or Something Else?
Words are not ‘objective truths’ as we assume, but ‘subjective truths’, imbued with power and embedded in politics.
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Single fathers
Tales of men who become fathers without wives is a recurring theme in Hindu mythology.
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How a new akhara of transgendered people stole the spotlight at the Ujjain Kumbh
Thousands of devotees lined up to seek the blessings of the kinnar order.
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The impact of Abrahamic mythology
The tale of the Promised Land mirrors the tale of Eden: returning home to perfection.
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Equality & loss of diversity
Why do we assume that every member of civil society will respond exactly the same way? Why do we get upset when others do not react the same way as we do?
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Ramayana in OLPS
Do the corruption, cynicism and rage of elders eventually seep into stories we tell our children? Do we now edit stories to make them more politically correct? Is there now a censor board monitoring school plays too?
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Passport shame: What’s really at the heart of the California textbook row on Hinduism?
It is a battle that will not die down, for it reveals a great split in the Indian American community.
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What we really mean when we say that Modi became the prime minister of India because of karma
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power riding a very popular wave, was it karma at work? When we ponder on this question, we understand karma. This article is about karma, not Modi.
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Mythology everywhere
Mythological films stand between fantasy films on one hand and historical films on the other.
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A sensitive topic
Oversensitive women indicate material affluence, and insensitive men represent spiritual triumph. Gender prejudices notwithstanding, are the two really so different?
