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By Maria Wirth On Tuesday, December 20th, 2016
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हिंदुत्वात काय त्रुटी आहेत

This article has been translated from English into Marathi by Manohar Railkar हिंदुत्वाच्या एकूण घटनेतच काही तरी  त्रुटी म्हणा, More...

By Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay On Friday, December 16th, 2016
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हिन्दुधर्मः १ – धर्मश्च रिलिजन् इति च

धर्मः इति शब्दस्य अनेके अर्थाः सन्ति । भारतदेशे प्राचीनकालतः विविधार्थेषु एषः More...

By Abhinav Agarwal On Friday, December 16th, 2016
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बल या प्रज्ञा

[contextly_sidebar id=”FvrRPhh3gv3PgGkSF2QXh7qyFEu1TLha”] महाभारत की इस कथा का सूत्र हरिवंश में पाया जाता है । इस More...

By Ashay Naik On Thursday, December 15th, 2016
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The Conflict between Tradition and Modernity in India

One can hardly deny that Aatish Taseer writes beautifully, but it is a beauty that has now become so commonplace that it fails to make an impression. It invites you to put your trust in the gorgeous weave of words More...

By Dr. Kausik Gangopadhyay On Monday, December 12th, 2016
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Book Review: Europe, India, and the Limits of Secularism by Jakob De Roover

Europe, India, and the Limits of Secularism (Religion and Democracy), Jakob De Roover, 296 Pages, Oxford University Press (14 September 2015). Two years ago, on one fine afternoon, I happened to run into a congregation More...

By Nithin Sridhar On Saturday, December 10th, 2016
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Bhagavad Gita as a Smriti with qualities of Sruti

Bhagavad Gita or the Song of the Lord, is the very word (shabda) of the Lord and hence, should logically be considered as a Sruti. It is further reinforced by the fact that Gita extensively deals with the subject More...

By Vishal Agarwal On Saturday, December 10th, 2016
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Gita Jayanti Special: All you need to know about Bhagavad Gita

Gita Jayanti or the anniversary of the day on which the Bhagavad Gita was revealed is celebrated as the Gita Jayanti festival. This day is the 11th day of the waxing moon of the Mārgashīrṣha month of the Hindu More...

By Akash Ravianandan On Friday, December 9th, 2016
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Understanding Animal cruelty: Why compassion to animals is not a cultural universal

Given that more than 10 billion animals get slaughtered every year, it should make us wonder what kind of an outlook, what worldview enables so much cruelty. Towards that end, I will herein be attempting a comparative More...

By Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay On Wednesday, December 7th, 2016
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Demystifying Tantra- V: Magic, Sex, Distortions and Divinity

[contextly_sidebar id=”VTQP6QXHqVB0mB8seDdStuXrlAXRofrG”] Earlier we have discussed the classification of tantric texts to help us make sense of the huge diversity of traditions. We have covered the More...

By Abhinav Agarwal On Wednesday, December 7th, 2016
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Insights From the Mahabharata- IV: Jarasandha, Kalayavana, Vishwakarma, and Krishna!

[contextly_sidebar id=”siEcPvG9jtVi1SutaHNKNyYcXdjXv2M9″] This one comes from the Harivamsha. There are three mini-tales here. Two of them have to do with people, while the third has to do with a city. More...