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  • Were Hindus Ever Invaders?

    Were Hindus Ever Invaders?

    Published on 30th January, 2021, in Mumbai Mirror. Hindutva keeps saying that Hindus never invaded …

  • Fox With Nine Tails

    Fox With Nine Tails

    Published on 29th November, 2020, in Mid-day. In ancient China, the belief was that as …

  • Ithasa As Propaganda

    Ithasa As Propaganda

    Published on 31st October, 2020, in Economic Times. If one travels to ancient Egypt, one …

  • Fat Buddhist Monks

    Fat Buddhist Monks

    Published on 26th July, 2020, in Mid-day. This is a story of two fat, Buddhist …

  • Did the Harappan know to write?

    Did the Harappan know to write?

    Published on 24th May, 2020, in Mid-day. Writing in India emerges only in the Mauryan …

  • Is Hinduism timeless?

    Is Hinduism timeless?

    Published on 10th November, 2019, in Mumbai Mirror. Hinduism is called Sanatan Dharma in popular …

  • Pakistani Mythology

    Pakistani Mythology

    Published on 3rd November, 2019, in Mid-day Pakistan was the first modern republic to declare …

  • Love in simplified Chinese is without a heart

    Love in simplified Chinese is without a heart

    Published on 18th October, 2019, in Economic Times In China, there are many dialects and …

  • Managing the boss in India

    Managing the boss in India

    Published on 26th July, 2019, in Economic Times A friend from Southeast Asia once told …

  • For all its noble aspirations, social media is pure business.

    For all its noble aspirations, social media is pure business.

    To make money, you need access to markets. To gain access to markets, you need to make sure that the controller of the market favours you. If the controller of the market shuts the door on you, you have no opportunity to enter the market…

  • Is there China without Great Chinese Firewall?

    Is there China without Great Chinese Firewall?

    When we talk about China we must remember that China is bound not just by a script but also by a very clear central authority that is very uncomfortable with difference…

  • Marathi: Shikhandi and Other Tales They Don’t Tell You

    Marathi: Shikhandi and Other Tales They Don’t Tell You

    Translated version of Shikhandi: And Other Tales They Don’t Tell You   Patriarchy asserts men are …

  • Who is a Hindu? Hinduism in the Caribbean

    Who is a Hindu? Hinduism in the Caribbean

    The easiest way to identify a Caribbean Hindu is to look at their house from outside:you will see a jhandi, a pennant of different colours that represent different gods…

  • Is post-truth same as myth?

    Is post-truth same as myth?

    Western myth, or the dominant worldview that shapes the long history of the West, remains singular and linear…

  • A Buddhist Goddess

    A Buddhist Goddess

    Before this, the only goddess who was very prominent in Buddhist literature was Shri or the Goddess of fortune, clearly included within the Buddhist iconography by the lay people…

  • Power Helped Women Change World Religions

    Power Helped Women Change World Religions

    Roughly 1500 years ago, femininity became a major force, not because men became enlightened, but because women secured positions of power…

  • Who is a Hindu? How Hinduism was enriched by rivalry

    Who is a Hindu? How Hinduism was enriched by rivalry

    Every religion is an outcome of many historical and geographical forces. Every religion has a past and transforms over time…

  • High cost of diversity

    High cost of diversity

    Can we say that India’s diversity is the reason why it seems ‘chaotic’?…