BBlog The sword over our headsAugust 1, 2014No comments The last couple of years have been depressing for all of us who don’t relish being divided and… Read More
FFolktale The Cobra who Forgot his PromiseJuly 1, 2014No comments Once there was a wizened old jogi who lived in a forest. He was very virtuous and kind,… Read More
DDidactic Tales Maya: The Unanswered QuestionMay 1, 2014No comments Since time immemorial, ‘Maya’ has been a source of intrigue. Just what is Maya? Is it an elusive… Read More
FFolktale Shaat Bhai ChampaMay 1, 2014No comments Born in Dhaka, in 1877, Sri Dakshinaranjan Mitra Mazumdar was a writer of children’s stories in Bengali literature.… Read More
FFolktale Foolish loveApril 1, 2014No comments During my recent travels in Cambodia I came across a collection of folktales by Muriel Paskin Carrison. To… Read More
BBlog Mantra, Tantra and DeviApril 1, 2014No comments The Kamakhya temple in Guwahati has captured the people’s imagination for hundreds of years. Its tantalising tales of… Read More
BBlog The monastery of the slit earsDecember 1, 2013No comments Deep in the rolling hills outlying the Great Rann of Kutch, some 65 odd kilometres from Bhuj, is… Read More
