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  • What India’s bestselling writers read when they read literary fiction

    What India’s bestselling writers read when they read literary fiction

    Devapriya Roy
    · Apr 13, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • Photos: A pattachitra artist draws from Hindu mythology without depicting anything religious

    Photos: A pattachitra artist draws from Hindu mythology without depicting anything religious

    Aakash Karkare
    · Apr 12, 2017 · 03:30 pm
  • From Ramayana to the scriptures, it's clear India has a long history of eating meat

    From Ramayana to the scriptures, it's clear India has a long history of eating meat

    Mrinal Pande
    · Apr 10, 2017 · 12:30 pm
  • ‘Once, we accepted the right to question mythology. Now, we are intolerant': Telugu writer Volga

    ‘Once, we accepted the right to question mythology. Now, we are intolerant': Telugu writer Volga

    Malini Nair
    · Mar 02, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • What happened when a medieval Urdu text was performed in a craft beer pub in Mumbai

    What happened when a medieval Urdu text was performed in a craft beer pub in Mumbai

    Urmi Chanda-Vaz
    · Mar 01, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • It's Mother Language Day. Which 'mother language' did India's lawmakers want after Independence?

    It's Mother Language Day. Which 'mother language' did India's lawmakers want after Independence?

    Devapriya Roy
    · Feb 21, 2017 · 06:30 pm
  • Indian mythology is a new medium of choice for feminist narratives (and it’s working)

    Indian mythology is a new medium of choice for feminist narratives (and it’s working)

    Urmi Chanda-Vaz
    · Feb 05, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • Why Shashi Tharoor’s ‘An Era Of Darkness’ should be translated into every Indian language

    Why Shashi Tharoor’s ‘An Era Of Darkness’ should be translated into every Indian language

    Devapriya Roy
    · Jan 15, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • 'Dancing Girl' as Parvati is just one of many bizarre claims in ICHR paper on Harappan civilisation

    'Dancing Girl' as Parvati is just one of many bizarre claims in ICHR paper on Harappan civilisation

    Kavita Singh
    · Jan 06, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • ‘Ramayana’ to ‘Karmaphal Data Shani’: Inside India’s one-stop shop for mythological television

    ‘Ramayana’ to ‘Karmaphal Data Shani’: Inside India’s one-stop shop for mythological television

    Aakash Karkare
    · Dec 29, 2016 · 01:30 pm
  • Epic Fail: A new webcomic tries to tell the Mahabharata and Ramayana with sass

    Epic Fail: A new webcomic tries to tell the Mahabharata and Ramayana with sass

    Rhema Mukti Baxter
    · Nov 18, 2016 · 11:30 am
  • Why did Ram become a god instead of remaining a man? This book answers the question (and others)

    Why did Ram become a god instead of remaining a man? This book answers the question (and others)

    Urmi Chanda-Vaz
    · Nov 13, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Here is what the new Colors TV show ‘Karmaphal Data Shani’ looks like

    Here is what the new Colors TV show ‘Karmaphal Data Shani’ looks like

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 07, 2016 · 11:00 pm
  • Mumbai weekend cultural calendar: Art exhibition, Community Cook-Ups and more

    Mumbai weekend cultural calendar: Art exhibition, Community Cook-Ups and more

    The Daily Pao
    · Oct 14, 2016 · 12:15 pm
  • Photos: This Navratri, golu arrangements in Chennai reach new creative heights

    Photos: This Navratri, golu arrangements in Chennai reach new creative heights

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Oct 09, 2016 · 06:30 am
  • The forgotten water bearers of Guwahati

    The forgotten water bearers of Guwahati

    Usha Dewani Das
    · Sep 22, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • Shakespeare in India: How Indians saw and read the Bard a hundred years back

    Shakespeare in India: How Indians saw and read the Bard a hundred years back

    Hedley Sutton Karen Waddell
    · Sep 15, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • Sacred geography: Why Hindus, Buddhist, Jains, Sikhs should object to Pakistan being called hell

    Sacred geography: Why Hindus, Buddhist, Jains, Sikhs should object to Pakistan being called hell

    Haroon Khalid
    · Sep 04, 2016 · 07:45 am
  • The Sanjivani quest: An Uttarakhand village hasn’t forgiven Hanuman for defacing their holy mountain

    The Sanjivani quest: An Uttarakhand village hasn’t forgiven Hanuman for defacing their holy mountain

    Mrinal Pande
    · Jul 31, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • Food is truth: What the Hindu gods are given to eat and why

    Food is truth: What the Hindu gods are given to eat and why

    Devdutt Pattanaik
    · Jul 19, 2016 · 08:30 am
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