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  • How Krishna was transformed from a tribal deity to a supreme god in the Puranic tradition

    How Krishna was transformed from a tribal deity to a supreme god in the Puranic tradition

    Ruchika Sharma
    · Aug 24, 2016 · 06:30 am
  • Ravinder Singh has written this novel that feels right (and that’s a huge surprise)

    Ravinder Singh has written this novel that feels right (and that’s a huge surprise)

    Devapriya Roy
    · Aug 23, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Blitz revisited: How P Sainath carried forward the legacy of one of India's greatest cultural icons

    Blitz revisited: How P Sainath carried forward the legacy of one of India's greatest cultural icons

    Vijay Prashad
    · Aug 20, 2016 · 11:30 am
  • ‘Sharing’: A short story to remember Punjabi writer Gurdial Singh (1933 - 2016)

    ‘Sharing’: A short story to remember Punjabi writer Gurdial Singh (1933 - 2016)

    Gurdial Singh
    · Aug 18, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Emirates crash and the expat experience: 'Thanks for showing the other side of the story'

    Emirates crash and the expat experience: 'Thanks for showing the other side of the story'

    Scroll
    · Aug 14, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • Muslims have the lowest rate of enrolment in higher education in India

    Muslims have the lowest rate of enrolment in higher education in India

    Charu Bahri, IndiaSpend.com
    · Jul 23, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • Quota debate: Have reservations helped disadvantaged students in India get a higher education?

    Quota debate: Have reservations helped disadvantaged students in India get a higher education?

    Charu Bahri, IndiaSpend.com
    · Jul 21, 2016 · 07:45 pm
  • Creator and protector: A centuries-old art form celebrates the power of the Indian goddess

    Creator and protector: A centuries-old art form celebrates the power of the Indian goddess

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Jul 19, 2016 · 11:30 am
  • Meet Rajasthan’s goddesses of small things – garbage, sneezing fits, hens and lunar calendar days

    Meet Rajasthan’s goddesses of small things – garbage, sneezing fits, hens and lunar calendar days

    Mrinal Pande
    · Jul 13, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • How Indian sages viewed violence (and why western mythology has such different ideas about it)

    How Indian sages viewed violence (and why western mythology has such different ideas about it)

    Devdutt Pattanaik
    · Jul 06, 2016 · 08:00 am
  • What's in a name? 'You say Ramzan, I say Ramadan.'

    What's in a name? 'You say Ramzan, I say Ramadan.'

    Scroll
    · Jun 19, 2016 · 06:00 pm
  • The magic of 1980s hit ‘Jalwa’, starring Naseeruddin Shah as a hunk on a drug trail

    The magic of 1980s hit ‘Jalwa’, starring Naseeruddin Shah as a hunk on a drug trail

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Jun 13, 2016 · 01:30 pm
  • Delhi weekend cultural calendar: Exhibition of 19-century photos, dance workshops, and more

    Delhi weekend cultural calendar: Exhibition of 19-century photos, dance workshops, and more

    The Daily Pao
    · Jun 03, 2016 · 11:15 am
  • ‘Sasural Simar Ka’ and a short history of humans turning into animals

    ‘Sasural Simar Ka’ and a short history of humans turning into animals

    Aakash Karkare
    · May 20, 2016 · 09:30 am
  • The tale of the self-renewing virgin shows how little seems to have changed since the Mahabharata

    The tale of the self-renewing virgin shows how little seems to have changed since the Mahabharata

    Mrinal Pande
    · May 04, 2016 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘Wait till tomorrow to fall ill’: On #WorldHealthDay, Twitter dispenses strange (and sage) advice

    ‘Wait till tomorrow to fall ill’: On #WorldHealthDay, Twitter dispenses strange (and sage) advice

    Rhema Mukti Baxter
    · Apr 07, 2016 · 03:27 pm
  • What the lives of the five virgins of the Ramayan and Mahabharat can teach us

    What the lives of the five virgins of the Ramayan and Mahabharat can teach us

    Mrinal Pande
    · Mar 30, 2016 · 11:30 am
  • ‘The Indian past is owned by all of us. And by us, I don’t just mean Indian citizens.’

    ‘The Indian past is owned by all of us. And by us, I don’t just mean Indian citizens.’

    Aayush Soni
    · Mar 19, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • The four words that separate a 'good Sufi' from a 'bad Muslim'

    The four words that separate a 'good Sufi' from a 'bad Muslim'

    Javed Anand, Sabrang
    · Mar 19, 2016 · 10:30 am
  • What exactly did Peter Brook have in mind when he decided to do 'Battlefield'?

    What exactly did Peter Brook have in mind when he decided to do 'Battlefield'?

    Kiran Nagarkar
    · Mar 13, 2016 · 11:30 am
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