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  • Privileging Political Independence

    Privileging Political Independence

    Published on 15th August, 2021, in The Hindu. The story of the eagle Garuda stealing …

  • Hindutva: A Sampradaya, Not a Parampara

    Hindutva: A Sampradaya, Not a Parampara

    Published on 30th May, 2021, in Mid-day. The word Hindutva was invented by Chandranath Basu …

  • Does the Mahabharata Respect Women’s Desire?

    Does the Mahabharata Respect Women’s Desire?

    Published on 14th March, 2021, in Mumbai Mirror. The Bhil Bharata is a tribal version …

  • Krishna and the Eloping Women

    Krishna and the Eloping Women

    Published on 31st January, 2021, in Mid-day. We live in times where many people cannot …

  • Mothers and Daughters of Rishi Bharadvaja

    Mothers and Daughters of Rishi Bharadvaja

    Published on 13th December, 2020, in Mid-day. Bharadvaja is a famous Rishi in ancient Hindu …

  • Hindu Parliament and Churning the Ocean of Milk

    Hindu Parliament and Churning the Ocean of Milk

    Published on 6th December, 2020, in Mumbai Mirror. The design of the Parliament building in …

  • Mahasiddhas Of Tantrik Buddhism

    Mahasiddhas Of Tantrik Buddhism

    Published on 6th December, 2020, in Mid-day. Buddhism has a vast history of 2,500 years. …

  • Dark secrets of the sewers of Harappa

    Dark secrets of the sewers of Harappa

    Who is a Hindu? Dark secrets of the sewers of Harappa. Published on 13th September, …

  • Was The Buddha Nepalese?

    Was The Buddha Nepalese?

    Published on 13th September, 2020, in Mid-day. Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Alphabet and …

  • Tea is for us what Soma was for Vedic Aryans

    Tea is for us what Soma was for Vedic Aryans

    Who is a Hindu? Tea is for us what Soma was for Vedic Aryans Published …

  • The Love-God’s Mother

    The Love-God’s Mother

    Published on 5th April, 2020, in Mid-day Between the 5th and 10th century C.E., we …

  • The Village Temple Co-operative

    The Village Temple Co-operative

    Published on 29th March, 2020, in Mid-day In ancient India, the village fields did not …

  • Mahabharata On the Hills

    Mahabharata On the Hills

    Published on 26th January, 2020, in Mid-day Badrinath and Kedarnath are two major centres of …

  • A Different Hinduism

    A Different Hinduism

    Published on 19th January, 2020, in Mumbai Mirror Hinduism, as expressed by Adi Shankaracharya 1,200 …

  • Sarama, the first doggess

    Sarama, the first doggess

    Published on 12th January, 2020, in Mid-day The word ‘bitch’ has a very sharp biting …

  • Fourteen jewels from the sea

    Fourteen jewels from the sea

    Published on 11th January, 2020, in the Economic Times The churning of the ocean of …

  • Raising Hindu kids in America

    Raising Hindu kids in America

    Published on 21st July, 2019, in Mumbai Mirror How do you teach a child about …

  • Unspoken language of village gods

    Unspoken language of village gods

    Published on 21st July, 2019, in Mid-day If you want to understand the village gods …