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Why is Holi celebrated more in north India than south India?
Holi is indeed celebrated mostly in north India, not south India. No one knows the reason why…
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Holi for Shiva, Holi for Vishnu
Why do we celebrate Holi? The standard answers we get in websites link Holi to Vishnu—he who preserves the world as per Hindu mythology…
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Indian Mathematics For the Ego
Published on 19th March, 2023, in Mid-day. To show how time is different for different …
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How Jains Described Chanakya and Chandra Gupta Maurya
Published on 18th March, 2023, in Economic Times. As per popular lore, Chanakya was a …
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Pre-history of Aryans They Don’t Tell You
Published on 11th March, 2023, in Times of India. Nationalists on social media argue that …
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Tibetan Ramayana
Published on 12th March, 2023, in Mid-day. In the early 20th century, six incomplete manuscripts …
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Are You a Harappan or Vedic Woman?
Published on 5th March, 2023, in Mid-day. Harappan cities thrived between 2500 BCE and 1900 …
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Polytheism Enables Mother of Democracy
Published on 4th March, 2023, in Economic Times. Monotheism propagates the idea of one God. …
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Parshuram’s Tryst With Kshatriyas
Published on 26th February, 2023, in Mid-day. Parshuram was born in a Brahmin family of …
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Diverse tombs of the rulers of Turkey, Iran and India show that the Islamic world was not homogeneous
Published on 24th February, 2023, in The Hindu. After the sack of Baghdad in the …
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Veda, Vedanga, Vedanta
Published on 19th February, 2023, in Mid-day. Hinduism can be divided into three major eras. …
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Diversity Amongst Brahmins
Published on 12th February, 2023, in Mid-day. Our textbooks teach us that Hindu society is …
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The Forgotten Women Who Helped Shape Jainism
Jainism follows the path revealed by 24 sages known as Tirthankara, who appear in every …
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Oxus Between Harappans and Aryans
Published on 5th February, 2023, in Mid-day. No conversation about Harappans and Aryans is now …
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Bhakti Is Devotion? Is Loyalty?
Published on 4th February, 2023, in Economic Times. Most family business owners in India prefer …
