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The Untold Story: Ramayan and the Dravidian Connection

S Sivadas

CN Annadurai and M Karunanidhi were behind the serial success of Ramayan-inspired family movie hits across languages in the 1950s and the 1960s

The Ecology of Ganesha
Nanditha Krishna

The elephant-headed God as the ultimate conservation icon

The Tree of Life
Srinivas Reddy

Community lessons from the plant kingdom

Return to the Ideal City
Bibek Debroy

There was no room for falsities in the welfare state of Rama as depicted in the epic

The Original Existential Hero
Arshia Sattar

We stay with Rama-the-human because of his resemblance to us

The End of Desire
Bibek Debroy

Indifference to both the good and the bad leads to liberation

Conversion Terror
Ullekh NP

The move to turn a gurdwara into a mosque further reveals Pakistan’s suppression of minorities

Jesus of India
Stephen David

Justice Banumathi’s faith expression is part of the subcontinent’s cultural reality

Losing Faith
Shikha Kumar

A Malayalam novel delves into the dangers of organised religion

For God’s Sake
J Sai Deepak

By restoring the management of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple to the Travancore royal family, the Supreme Court raises the larger question of the state’s control over temples

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