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Hinduism

Kumbh Mela: Leaps of Faith

Aditya Iyer

The spiritual is at its most spectacular when sadhus, seers, seekers, nirvana junkies and tourists of religious kitsch descend on Hinduism’s biggest carnival. Aditya Iyer goes to the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj

Spiritual Vs Physical

And the natural balance of mind and body

Prayagraj and Kumbh

The sacred and the civic on the Ganga

Nayanjot Lahiri: The Time Keeper

Historian-archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri takes us through India’s antiquity and values at breakneck speed in her new book

God of the Year: Ayyappa – A Life

The evolution of the deity at Sabarimala

Perennial Infection of Caste

Caste started out as mere educational and professional degrees. To claim entitlement or defilement just by birth makes one truly distant from God

He Wants to ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy’

Holding a Mirror to the Racist Arrogance of Jack @Twitter

Tyranny of the Stubborn Minority

A Left turn on Sabarimala is an assault on the rights of indigenous people

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