Charming coping stories to help us deal optimistically with whatever befalls us.
...Full Story[Book excerpt] Renuka Narayanan tells the story of a silent subversion from 20th century South India.
...Full StoryCan it be that some judges want to 'sanitise' our traditional arts according to what they personally consider 'proper'?
...Full StoryYeh kya double standard hai?
...Full StoryThe scope for humane and inclusive law is thus tremendous and justifiable, since variation, in sexuality as in other matters, is one of nature’s own laws.
...Full StoryWhile versions of the epics may come and go, the gods themselves are not going anywhere.
...Full StoryUpanishads come right back in the colonial age, as the new and improved version that we know as the Constitution.
...Full StoryIt looks like the trolls have made it all about the articulate city women, while the intended beneficiaries of the catchy 'Selfie with Beti' idea, have been pushed off the map.
...Full StoryLeave Him alone, Ram-ranters, don’t ruin our relationship.
...Full StoryKnowing these facts about classical Hinduism never hurt anybody's belief today or in the past.
...Full StoryBelieving liberal Hindus should hang in there and not be confused by these nasty little men.
...Full StoryNeither fact nor fiction can be uttered for fear of offending someone, anyone, and always with unpleasant consequences.
...Full StoryThe painter attracted the ire of both Hindus and Muslims.
...Full StoryIf crypto-Wahabis are trying to turn Bharatvarsh into a fiefdom of ISIS or the Taliban, it's time they're reminded of such facts.
...Full StoryIt is intolerable in a modern state that any self-styled cult leader can set up his will against the forces of law and order and actually fire at them.
...Full StoryWhere does India get her mad gambling gene that goes for broke every year at Dipavali?
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