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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 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.
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Photos of Taj Mahal underground cells released by Archaeological Survey amid row about ‘Hindu idols’
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The SatChi Factor: The Immense importance of Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty in Indian badminton
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‘I am writing limericks and the other day I had a lollipop after seventy years’: Ruskin Bond at 88
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Watch: Pakistani woman is reunited with her Indian siblings for the first time since the Partition
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‘Panchayat’ season 2 review: An entertaining game of trivial pursuit
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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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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I intend to keep celebrating the diversity, pluralism and sensuality of Hindus: an extract from Doniger's withdrawn book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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