Hindi
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Pakistani Mythology
Published on 3rd November, 2019, in Mid-day Pakistan was the first modern republic to declare itself ‘Islamic’. It imagines itself as the Eastern edge of Arab civilisation, when in fact, it is the Western edge of Indian civilisation. No Pakistani…
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Aryavarta
Published on 24th August, 2019, in Mid-day The word ‘Aryavarta’ has become quite popular. There are novels written about it, tele-serials based upon it, and it is increasingly being associated with an extremist Hindu vision of the past. But, the…
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Declaration of faith
Published on 7th July, 2019, in Mumbai Mirror Declaration of faith is part of many religions. It means publicly stating one’s belief. In Judaism, which is the oldest Abrahamic faith, it is a reiteration of monotheism, the ‘Shema’. In Christianity,…
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Hindi: Ramayana Versus Mahabharata
Translation of Ramayana Versus Mahabharata: My Playful Comparison
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Hindi: Shyam: An Illustrated Retelling of the Bhagavata
Translation of Shyam: An Illustrated Retelling of the Bhagavata
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Hindu gods like Rama & Shiva have six packs now to kill bad guys, like American superheroes
Even Amar Chitra Katha’s new comics have abandoned the gentle sensuality of Raja Ravi Varma and embraced the hyper-masculine, angry, violent American superhero style to portray Hindu gods and goddesses.
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Vedanta and LGBTIQ
A selective understanding of the faith by those who control social discourse is the tragedy of Hinduism
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To Goddess, With Love
A short story by Devdutt Pattanaik Published on http://www.gaybombay.org on 1st June, 2018. 28th May 2018 …श्री… My dear Oindrilla, Just got your wedding card via email. Congratulations! I will not be able to come. I am sure you…
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Maya and Myth
First City Magazine, New Delhi, July 2001. “Sex and violence are fundamentals of life. They rotate the cycle of life. Without sex, there is no life. There is violence every time we eat-when a fruit is plucked, a crop is…
