January 18, 2017
First published January 17, 2017
I heard that in the entire “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, no two female characters ever speak to each other.
You never notice these things and then you realise how many of these stories are of men, by men, for men.
Women are excluded. Queer people too. We make so many people invisible.
Karan Johar refuses to see poor people in his most famous films. In seeing what we want to see, we often oppress the unseen.
There are 30 short essays in this book. They were written by renowned mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik over a ten-year period and published in various publications…
In Maharashtra, near Pune, is the town of Jejuri. Here, atop a hill, is a citadel-like turmeric-covered temple dedicated to the much-revered folk deity locally known as Khandoba…
Caste is a word introduced by Europeans about 300 years ago for what Indians have referred to as jati for at least 2,000 years…
Where did Ravan get his gold from? Was Ramayana the story of Aryans in search of gold?…
