Society
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Yoga of the Jogis
Yoga can be seen in three ways: the modern way, the upanishadic way and finally the Siddha way.
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Where were the lesbians on Independence Day?
Does it matter? It does, to gay and lesbian and transgender people, for stories validate identity.
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In justice we trust
Humans hope for a world where the crime is seen without factoring in the estate or titles of the accused.
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And all came tumbling down
Human imagination also seeks value. Human imagination also seeks meaning. Nature, however, offers neither explanation nor value nor meaning.
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When the ascetic overpowered the nymph
He who never has sex tells society what kind of sex is appropriate and good.
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The Yakshi’s solicitation
Many say that yakshi may have been the ghost of a woman who died of heartbreak and so stayed trapped in the land of the living seducing young men, taking revenge against all men, for what one man did to…
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Curse of Saraswati
What is the purpose of taleem? Is it to enable us to earn a living only? Or is it to enable us to understand the world, place wealth in context and outgrow dependence on tali?
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Rebirth of a God
The rituals by which Jagannatha, the presiding deity of Puri, Odisha, will die and be reborn along with his sister Subhadra and his elder brother Balabhadra and his weapon, the Sudarshana.
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Are you a homo-wife?
The term ‘homo-wife’ is emerging in China where millions of women are not willing to stay quiet about the fact that their husbands are gay, being forced to marry to give their families an heir, as they are the only…
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A Bypass in Business
From our constant desire for a bypass or short-cut (upaay) comes the practice of contextual non-replicable improvisations (jugaad)
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A Classical Language
Languages are like rivers, transforming and changing as they enter new terrain, mingling and merging like tributaries, and breaking out as branches.
