विभिन्न मतों और संस्कृतियों में मासिक-धर्म से जुड़ी मान्यताएँ
[contextly_sidebar id=”ozc7NGri5qFfWmB1HRWfKcq31HXd68vl”] The article has been translated into Hindi by Avatans Kumar (@avatans) मासिक-स्राव एक प्राकृतिक और More...
Sabarimala Debate: How Equality discourse is being used to undermine Adhyatmic practices
Since last year, a discourse around the concept of “Right to Pray” is being built by a certain section of feminists, activists, and media, who argue that Hindu practices like restrictions on the entry of women More...
#ReadyToWait: A campaign to reclaim Hindu temples and traditions
The issue of restrictions on the entry of women into some places of worship has been a matter of debate for the few years. Since, last year, Sabarimala Ayyappa Swami Temple in Kerala, which prohibits entry of women More...
Hindu View of Menstruation- I: Menstruation as Ashaucha
[contextly_sidebar id=”z2IqVwKIXDaKKVWjrZ6aGpTSDD7yTInx”] In the previous article, an examination of the various menstruation practices prevalent among major religions and cultures across the world was More...
Views of Menstruation in Religions and Cultures around the world
[contextly_sidebar id=”jtyKaAtws8dEVYznGqHyRTSiyAcRkKNd”] Menstruation is a natural biological process that women undergo during a major period of their lives. In many a sense, menstruation, owing to More...
Science, Secularism and Saturn
Rationality is an extremely useful state of mind. Alas, it is not the only state of mind. Somewhere between rational enquiry and irrational mumbo-jumbo lies the non-rational world of art, poetry, music, mythology More...
Stormtroopers At Shani Shingnapur
The famous British mountaineer George Mallory is supposed to have replied the question “why did you want to climb Mt Everest?” with a cryptic “because it’s there”. Unfortunately the attitude that symbolized More...