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Lakshmi Bayi

Lakshmi Bayi loves travelling, books, films, and elephants. Writing is her way of muttering to herself

Kerala floods: Forebodings in India’s Ancient Texts
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Kerala floods: Forebodings in India’s Ancient Texts

Our ancient sages were so much in tune with Prakriti that they came to predict—and prepare—for the vagaries in nature

21 September 2018
The Myriad Colours of Mansarovar
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The Myriad Colours of Mansarovar

The physical form of divinity and the greatest beauty accessible to us

07 September 2018
Divine Love
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Divine Love

Parvati rivalled Shiva's steadiness as an ascetic

28 August 2018
Through the Deluge
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Through the Deluge

Snakes surface in Kerala

22 August 2018
Monsoon Musings
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Monsoon Musings

The perils of mistreating nature

16 August 2018
Sabarimala: In Defence of Tradition
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Sabarimala: In Defence of Tradition

Why the battle for an inclusive Ayyappa worship makes no sense

30 July 2018
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Sexual Choice in Hindu Tradition

With our technical 'superiority' we are too dishonest with ourselves to admit what nature in profusion shows all around us

16 July 2018
Kali, the Divine Assassin
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Kali, the Divine Assassin

True bhakti or love for the divine can come about only with the grace of the Goddess

09 July 2018
Happy Nation
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Happy Nation

What goes into making of a country

22 June 2018
The Fatal Charm of Death
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The Fatal Charm of Death

Like a perfect lover, death will continue to fascinate the living

15 June 2018

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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