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religion

The Cult of Draupadi

V Shoba

In praise of an inclusive goddess

Landmarks of Confession

India’s traditional architecture made amends for its violations of nature

Playing with God

The use of Game Theory to better understand divine beings

Tyranny of the Stubborn Minority

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

Among the Brahmins

It is the tension between cultural memory and current political anxieties about change that gives this riverside saga by Aatish Taseer the kind of literary urgency we hardly see in the writings on India

Sabarimala: Among the Believers

Kerala’s most visited temple has become a war zone for reformists and traditionalists following the Supreme Court verdict allowing young entry to the shrine

A Crisis of Faith: The Wages of Selective Secularism

The issue at Sabarimala is not about equal gender rights

The Conqueror of Destiny

A search in Benares for Brahmins, the twice-born, leads to an encounter with a young member of the aristocracy of the mind

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