Society
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Elusive Ownership
When something belongs to me, I have the freedom to order it around. I also want to protect and nourish it.
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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…
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The Meaninglessness of Rituals
Rituals have no intrinsic meaning. But that does not mean they are not valuable.
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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 Architecture of Fear
A knowledge of fear is critical in management if one accepts that humans are animals with imagination, who cannot be domesticated using reason.
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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…
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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…
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Queer Enchantment
Yes, Indic mythology is full of queer stories. But few are aware of it. And those who are not aware of it, usually assume they don’t exist.
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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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Brooms are for Sweeping
As a symbol, broom reveals some very interesting aspects of culture, both in India and in the West.
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Lakshmi’s Purana
Traditional storytellers did not look upon deities as historical or supernatural beings; they were living beings who lived ordinary lives amongst ordinary people to communicate sublime, or shall we say, extraordinary, ideas.
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The Death of the Vidushak
With the rise of democracy, and modern institutions, the Vidushak has probably been secularised.
