The Song of Urmila’s Separation: Andhra Women’s Song Spotlights Ramayana’s Neglected Urmila
This was first published in the print edition of Manushi journal, Issue no. 153 of 2006. Perhaps the most neglected character in …
Culture & Faith Traditions
Kāsmiretu Saraswati – A Valley Where Various Streams of Philosophies Flow…
In the Shloka that identifies eighteen Shakti Peeths of the Universal Mother – it is declared that Devi in the …
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The False Foundations of Western Indology
Imagine this: While traveling through a foreign land, you find an announcement of a public lecture about your country at …
The Sacred in the Profane: Folkrore, Legend & Poetry of Kanhopatra
A Medieval Courtesan-Saint of Maharashtra
Like Mother, Like Son: Sita and Hanuman
This was first published in the print edition of Manushi journal, Issue no. 114 of 1999. VANARANAM naranam ca kathamasit samagamah (How …
From Exotica to Disdain: The Modern Macaulayite View of India
This was first published in the print edition of Manushi journal, Issue no. 124 of 2001. A year before the Kumbh …
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Five Holy Virgins, Five Sacred Myths: A Quest for Meaning
This was first published in the print edition of Manushi journal, Issue no. 141 of 2004. When Vyasa asked Ganesha to …
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The Tirtha of Sage Kapila
This was first published in the print edition of Manushi journal, Issue no. 150 of 2005. Kolayat, a village in Rajasthan, …
Rewriting of History and Sectarian Nationalism
A Mad Hatter’s View of Politics & History