Translations
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Hindi : Indian Mythology
Translated version of Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols, and Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent
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14 things historians taught me
The best thing they passed on is that no knowledge is fixed and finite.
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Hindi: Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana
Translation of Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana
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Marathi: Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana
Translation of Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana नगरीपासून दूर अरण्याच्या मधोमध सारथ्याने रथ थांबवला, वृक्षराजीमधून चालण्यासाठी अधीरतेने सीता उतरली. सारथी लक्ष्मण रथातच बसला होता. त्याला काहीतरी सांगायचे आहे हे जाणवून सीता थबकली. जमिनीकडे दृष्टी लावून शेवटी लक्ष्मण…
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Holy cow, unholy violence
The cow has been converted aggressively into a symbol for a religious orthodoxy demanding its place in a secular nation state.
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On Durga Puja, let’s not forget the glory of Odisha’s Gosani jatra
Delving into history takes us to the festival’s Odia roots.
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No fish for Gauri this year?
Myriad oral explanations indicate that the ritual is locally rooted and organic to the community; a ceremonial household expression of emotion, not based on any particular scriptural injunction.
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Our relationship with wealth
In the Hindu Puranas, the problem is never with wealth. The problem is with our relationship with wealth.
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Ghosts look for home
In a few weeks, many Hindus will observe Pitr-paksha, the fortnight of the ancestors, when it is said that Yama-loka or the land of the dead will be closest to Bhhu-loka, the land of the living.
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When audience was customer
In an Indian classical music and dance performance, the artiste blooms as the audience responds to the performance.
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Thai: Indian Mythology
Thai translation of Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols and Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent Buy here
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No resting in peace
RIP reveals that even in modern times we want to believe that after death there is something that needs ‘rest’ and ‘peace’.
