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The Force That Drives Us

Lakshmi Bayi

Love is one of the most important links of society

The Travels of a Deity

How a Krishna sect in Rajasthan bridges multiple divides

The Foreigner’s Home

To what do we pay greatest allegiance? Family, language group, country, gender? Religion, race? And if none of these matter, are we urbane, cosmopolitan, or simply lonely?

A Blend in the River

Kumbh Mela: A Photo Essay

Kumbh Mela: Leaps of Faith

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

A Bridge to Eternity

The Kumbh infrastructure is a feat but we could still manage our temple tourism better

A River Runs through It

Coursing along India’s riparian culture

Prayagraj and Kumbh

The sacred and the civic on the Ganga

God of the Year: Ayyappa – A Life

The evolution of the deity at Sabarimala

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