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An Ode to the Himalayas

Bibek Debroy

Forever seeking the divine in the sprawl of the mountains

The Sacred Feminine

Bibek Debroy

Invoking the Devi who pervades the universe

Crossing the Rubicon

TP Sreenivasan

Both sacred and material resources necessary to counter the pandemic

Pilgrimage Paradigm

Ranjit Hoskote

The relationship between the secular everyday and the sacred perennial

Cow Vigilantism: Politics of the Sacred and the Profane

Ullekh NP

What cow vigilantism has done to undefended lives and livelihoods. Ullekh NP visits Alwar in Rajasthan and Jaisinghpur in Haryana to find out. Photos: Ashish Sharma

God’s Kitchen: Celestial Palate

Shylashri Shankar

A report from God’s kitchen explains how Lord Venkateshwara is fed

The Sacred Cow: An Epic Stature

Bibek Debroy

Reading the Mahabharata in search of the sacred cow

The Cows Come Home

Madhavankutty Pillai

On the well-deserved backfiring of a cowshed conference

Shambhu Baba: A Saint Is Sighted

Kumar Anshuman

The meteoric rise of Shambhu Baba, the latest addition to the list of godmen from Mithilanchal in Bihar. And he is too sacred to be photographed

Home Alone

Bibek Debroy

There is more to Rajiv Malhotra’s latest book on Sanskrit than the usual Pollock pickle

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sacred

An Ode to the Himalayas

The Sacred Feminine

Crossing the Rubicon

Pilgrimage Paradigm

Cow Vigilantism: Politics of the Sacred and the Profane

God’s Kitchen: Celestial Palate

The Sacred Cow: An Epic Stature

The Cows Come Home

Shambhu Baba: A Saint Is Sighted

Home Alone

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