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Renuka Narayanan

Renuka Narayanan

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The writer writes on religion and culture.

By Renuka Narayanan

On Shani dev’s birthday, how to make him really, really happy

Charming coping stories to help us deal optimistically with whatever befalls us.

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Extraordinary lives of two Madrasi women who braved tradition to live on their terms

[Book excerpt] Renuka Narayanan tells the story of a silent subversion from 20th century South India.

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Madras HC's view on obscenity in Kathakali, Karagattam seems obscene

Can it be that some judges want to 'sanitise' our traditional arts according to what they personally consider 'proper'?

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I'm bored reading yet another article on 'Brahminical' Carnatic music

Yeh kya double standard hai?

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Homosexuality, what nature not laws decide

The 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.

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6th century Ramayana found: Stop caring what the West thinks

While versions of the epics may come and go, the gods themselves are not going anywhere.

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So, who are the modern Hindus?

Upanishads come right back in the colonial age, as the new and improved version that we know as the Constitution.

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Bharat is not Modi: Let her do a selfie with daughter for once

It 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.

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Why Lord Ram is the most misunderstood man in India

Leave Him alone, Ram-ranters, don’t ruin our relationship.

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Our ancestors ate beef. So what?

Knowing these facts about classical Hinduism never hurt anybody's belief today or in the past.

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Radhey-Krishna! Hindu Mahasabha, read your Gita before you chase unmarried couples

Believing liberal Hindus should hang in there and not be confused by these nasty little men.

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Religion, why are we so afraid of it?

Neither fact nor fiction can be uttered for fear of offending someone, anyone, and always with unpleasant consequences.

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MF Husain: Man of many shades, colours and contradictions

The painter attracted the ire of both Hindus and Muslims.

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Don't shame item girls: Bharat, our country is named after an item girl's grandson

If crypto-Wahabis are trying to turn Bharatvarsh into a fiefdom of ISIS or the Taliban, it's time they're reminded of such facts.

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Baba Rampal is not a saint, he's a terrorist

It 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.

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Diwali card parties: Gamble on, you little Lakshmi's helpers

Where does India get her mad gambling gene that goes for broke every year at Dipavali?

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