Religion
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In Gujarat, garba is as much a part of Christmas celebrations as it is of Navratri
Sonal Kellogg
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‘You’re my queen for ever and ever’: My search for goddess Dakini in Nepal in the age of #MeToo
Shoba Narayan
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Mattancherry’s Paradesi Jews came together to mark the 450th anniversary of their beloved synagogue
TA Ameerudheen
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Priests stop menstruating women from entering a temple. No, it’s not Sabarimala – it’s a video game
Damini Kulkarni
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‘I take painkillers after each trip’: The health travails of Sabarimala’s dolly bearers
TA Ameerudheen
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Jonestown beyond the massacre: The Peoples Temple was a commune built on ideals of equality
Rebecca Moore, The Conversation
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As the line between religion and politics blurs, should India take a cue from Bhutan?
Anita Katyal
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Why the polytheism of Hindus (and their texts) leaves the monotheistic West confused
Saikat Majumdar
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Sabarimala: Courts didn’t act when they should have – and overstepped their boundaries when they did
Girish Shahane
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The Daily Fix: Sabarimala protestors could have challenged Supreme Court order. Why didn’t they?
Ipsita Chakravarty
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Readers’ comments: Sabarimala temple protests show we respect neither Constitution nor Supreme Court
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How did Jainism spread in South India? A small town in Tamil Nadu holds the answer
Mahima Jain
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How a cake came to be at the centre of a legal row over gay rights in UK
Jonathan Seglow, The Conversation
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How popular music is trying to find the sacred in a secular world
Lyn McCredden, The Conversation
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Why atheists aren’t necessarily more rational than believers
Lois Lee, The Conversation
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A retired electrician in a Maharashtra village is fighting casteism, one bhajan at a time
Sanket Jain
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Can the emotional power of art (and religion) be the answer to the problems of the post-truth world?
Saikat Majumdar
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Yuval Noah Harari explains why fake news triumphs: Because people prefer power over truth
Yuval Noah Harari
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‘We’re going back to the essence of Islam’: The rise of women’s mosques in US and Europe
Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Watch: A Muslim man offered namaaz in a gurdwara, and Sikhs made him welcome
Scroll Staff