BBlog Remembering Manasa on Womens DayMarch 1, 2015No comments On Women’s Day today, there is the usual outpouring of celebratory messages, whether on the Google doodle or… Read More
BBlog Gods and DemonsMarch 1, 2015No comments With the Navaratri, Debi Paksha and Durga puja festivities coming to a close, people across India are celebrating… Read More
BBlog A Mythic Expression of Feminist PowerJanuary 1, 2015No comments Last week on Women’s Day, there was the usual outpouring of celebratory messages, whether on the Google doodle… Read More
BBlog Celibate hero, brother of RamDecember 1, 2014No comments The story of Lachhaman Jati is representative of the diversity that we have in the tellings/versions of the… Read More
BBlog Not on my plateNovember 1, 2014No comments Our food habits have been influenced by the societies we live in. Certain foods are taboo for some… Read More
BBlog Cultural Invasion or AssimilationNovember 1, 2014No comments History and controversy are no strangers to each other. And so it has been with the case of… Read More
BBlog The first principles of creation/Life in the shelter of a cloudOctober 1, 2014No comments Oral tradition, the source of all folklore is now being celebrated as the chronicle of human history by… Read More
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
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