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Wendy Doniger
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Wendy Doniger on her memories of Calcutta and Santiniketan as a student of Sanskrit and Bengali
An excerpt from Doniger’s ‘An American Girl in India: Letters and Recollections, 1963-64’.
Wendy Doniger
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Feeding divine guests and eating of children: Wendy Doniger on the horrors of hospitality in myths
Instances from Indian mythology that show how cruelty springs from the fear of the divine.
Wendy Doniger
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Wendy Doniger on how Saranyu the mare raises theological questions about the origin of humans
An excerpt from Doniger’s new book, ‘Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares: Horses in Indian Myth and History’.
Wendy Doniger
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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The pseudoscientific approach thriving under the BJP has its roots in British rule: Wendy Doniger
In a new book, the scholar writes about the convoluted reasoning and origins of Hindutva’s love for ‘mythoscience’.
Wendy Doniger
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A life of learning: Wendy Doniger on becoming the woman who pretended to be who she was
The noted scholar on what she fled when she chose to learn Sanskrit at 17 – and how the hostile Hindutva response made her choose to fight on her own turf.
Wendy Doniger
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How America took Tantra from India and distorted it
An excerpt from the alternative history of the Hindus that Dinanath Batra did not want you to read.
Wendy Doniger
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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What is the Kamasutra really about? Wendy Doniger reads the classic text
Contrary to belief, Vatsayana wrote more about the art of living for love than about the art of loving to live.
Wendy Doniger
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I intend to keep celebrating the diversity, pluralism and sensuality of Hindus: an extract from Doniger's withdrawn book
In the introduction to 'The Hindus: an Alternative History', which Penguin on Monday agreed to withdraw in response to a case filed by a Hindutva group, Wendy Doniger explains her motives for writing the book.
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