BBlog Why Are Myths So Silly?September 11, 2019No comments During a recent interaction with students, I was asked by one of them – why are myths so… Read More
BBlog Women barred from entering temples: Discrimination or case of patriarchal hegemony?September 11, 2019No comments Recent controversies regarding the age-old traditions of barring women from entering two temples have rekindled the debate on… Read More
BBlog Drought DemonsSeptember 11, 2019No comments Just what is it about drought that brings out the worst in mankind? How do we define drought… Read More
BBlog Prime-time mythologySeptember 11, 2019No comments A sudden spurt in mythological serials on television warrants the basic question – just why has there been… Read More
BBlog The art of the conSeptember 9, 2019No comments In politics as in business, it is the age of subterfuge. Be it grand promises made by industrialists… Read More
BBlog Gods with two faces/ Dual divinitiesSeptember 9, 2019No comments In Egyptian myth, Ra is the creator sun god. He ruled over earth and lived among its people… Read More
BBlog Bullfight at DavosSeptember 9, 2019No comments Labelled variously as a gathering of fat cats in the snow to an ‘annualbunfight’ (Robots rub up with… Read More
BBlog Breaking the codeSeptember 9, 2019No comments What happens when industrialists renege on loans, politicians play dirty with the people who elect them and real… Read More
BBlog Designed to orderSeptember 9, 2019No comments He Jiankui, the Chinese doctor having set the world aflutter with his announcement that he has created the… Read More
BBlog Sorry separates gods from demonsSeptember 9, 2019No comments Who would have thought that sorry would emerge as the most powerful word in Indian politics? Politicians, usually… Read More