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What can notions of dharma and contemporary law tell us about the Ramayana? Two books investigate

While Arshiya Sattar teases out the meaning of ‘maryada’ in her new book, Anil and Vipul Maheshwari look at the Ramayana through the lens of contemporary law.

Urmi Chanda
· Dec 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm
This book identifies frameworks to foster peace, not violence, through diverse religions

A scholar of comparative religion explains how there are possibilities of pluralism in all faiths, despite how much at odds they seem with one another.

Urmi Chanda
· Nov 22, 2020 · 12:30 pm
Suraj Yengde’s new book unapologetically calls out the caste elephant in every room in modern India

In ‘Caste Matters’, a first generation scholar from a Dalit family tears angrily into Brahmanism.

Urmi Chanda-Vaz
· Sep 14, 2019 · 05:30 pm

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