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VARIETY
| 6-minute read
Why growing pseudoscience in India and Pakistan is a concern
By intermingling unreality, mythology, and science, India and Pakistan are paving the way for fascism in intellectual freedom and thought.
VARIETY
| 21-minute read
How did Lord Rama become a Hindu god?
Epic tales and poems become our culture, they start to govern our politics as well, like Ramayana and Ramcharitmanas.
LIFE
| 5-minute read
VARIETY
| 5-minute read
India belongs to Hindus, Ramayana is not a myth: BJP govt is making (up) history
A Centre-appointed panel has already been given conclusions, and is to work backwards to find evidence to support them.
ART & CULTURE
| 12-minute read
How sex became frowned upon in India of Kamasutra
[Book extract] Manusmriti stuck with the British because Manu’s prudish values resonated with the Victorian culture.
VARIETY
| 4-minute read
Why is Holi celebrated more in north India than south India?
Keep calm (about Hinduism) and ask Devdutt.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Lord Ram, lord Krishna: Modi can play any role but that of PM
The prime minister's swipe at Renuka Chowdhury in Parliament is only the latest in his long series of mythology-obsessed populist rhetoric.
VOICES
| 3-minute read
Homosexuality was accepted by Hindu gods. So what is your problem?
Our traditions entrench the belief that anything that gives pleasure to the body is lousy and lustful and should be treated as a crime.
VOICES
| 6-minute read
Indian politicians lack the courage to say Padmavati is based on a myth
No matter which side of the divide leaders are on, no one is saying the queen was a figment of poet Jayasi's imagination.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
