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Hybrid Work Model in Rig Veda
Published on 11th December, 2021, in Economic Times. Rig Veda refers to two types of …
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Breaking Out Of the Indra-Jaal
Published on 17th October, 2020, in Economic Times. The concept of Indra’s net, or Indrajaal, …
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Varuna in Iran, Indra in India
Published on 4th August, 2019, in Mid-day Varuna is known today as the god of …
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Dogs of the gods
Published on 28th April, 2019, in Mid-day. In traditional Hindu society, dogs are considered inauspicious. …
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Indra’s rise to kingship
Published on 14th April, 2019, in Mid-day. The Brahmana, orally transmitted by priests who came …
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For the love of the moon
The moon started to wane and he kept waning. When he was about to disappear, he prayed to the great god, Shiva, who, through the practice of yoga, created energy within him…
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So many different Indras
Published on 16th February, 2019, in Mid-day. When we speak of Indra, we must keep in mind that the scriptures refer to six different types of Indra, belonging to different periods of history…
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Lessons from Indra’s elephant
Legend has it that fear of Indian war elephants was one of the reason that prevented Alexander from marching into the subcontinent. By the time of Ashoka, the elephant embodied kingship and so naturally came to be associated with Indra, the celestial king…
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Who is a Hindu? Indra: Entitled, insecure, dispensable
How the primary god and great warrior of the Vedas ended up as a minor Puranic god…