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Why Lakshmi goes to wrong people?
To understand Lakshmi, we have to understand where wealth comes from. Wealth in its most primal form comes from under ... -
Lakshmi and Saraswati are not opposite
Saraswati is all kinds of knowledge and skills. The better knowledge you have, the better skills you have, the more ... -
Wealth is good
Isn’t it amazing that the worshippers of Laxmi, the Goddess of wealth, have become so apprehensive of wealth that they ... -
The secret of a naked girl
In Harappan civilization there is the image of what looks like proto-Shiva, and so, the dancing girl must be ... -
Yes, Yoga is Hindu!
To deny that yoga has no special relationship with India is like saying America has nothing to do with Native Americans -
When Saraswati met Indus : of Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic cuture
Maybe the hymns were composed by Indians using local words and foreign words over a long period of time amplifying at a ... -
What made Arjuna Insecure
Even after hearing the Gita, Arjuna is unable to kill Bhisma, Jayadhrata, and Karna until Krishna intervenes with more ... -
Is Shiva a drug consuming God?
“If Shiva takes drugs, so must I,” said a student to his teacher. “A good idea,” said the teacher, “but first you must ... -
Why Shiva wears an elephant’s skin
In creating the elephant-headed Ganesha, Shiva stops being the world-renouncing hermit and transforms into Shankara, ... -
Who is afraid of the Prostitutes?
We yearn for loyalty and are afraid of the commercial: those who sell their skills and expertise to the highest bidder. ... -
Vinayaki : The female Ganesha
Matsya Purana and Vishnu-dharmottara Purana lists Ganapati’s shakti in the list of female warrior goddesses. Her name ... -
Relation of rishis with science
Science as a discourse is only 500 years old and we often confuse science with religion. An interesting dynamics have ... -
Krishna, the wrestler
Krishna is a great wrestler. The Bhagavata Purana tells us how Krishna wrestles many demons. -
Rasgullas for Lakshmi
In the Jagannath Puri temple, rasgulla is part of ritual. It is offered by the deity, Jagannath, to his consort, ... -
The feminist narratives of Durga
Durga has been a symbol of women’s liberation movement, though Kali is even more preferred as she is visualised as ... -
Krishna : The complete man
Many of us lose sight of the modernity embedded in the idea of Krishna, where happiness exists in embracing worldly ... -
Vegetarianism and the idea of untouchability
In our desire to purify our gods and saints, we refuse to even indulge the possibility that Ram of the Ramayana may ... -
How Rishis proved to be wise consultants
The idea of consultants being equated with rishis may be to the liking of many people. -
So what if Ganesha had plastic surgery?
Whatever be the facts, we want our past to be glorious. We want our heroes to be perfect. -
Between religion, mythology and rationality
For eyes that can see, the West is entrapped between Greek mythology and Biblical mythology.
