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

· Jul 28, 2021 · 08:30 am

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

· May 11, 2018 · 08:30 am

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

· Apr 25, 2016 · 08:00 am

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

· Dec 20, 2015 · 11:30 am

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

· Aug 06, 2015 · 08:30 am

I intend to keep celebrating the diversity, pluralism and sensuality of Hindus: an extract from Doniger's withdrawn book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.

Wendy Doniger

· Feb 13, 2014 · 12:07 am