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myths
Science fiction: A celestial journey and a miraculous encounter in a Tamil solarpunkfuture
Hameedha Khan
· Feb 05, 2025 · 05:30 pm
How did the city of Tezpur in Assam get its name? The answer lies in a Hindu legend about Krishna
Lopamudra Maitra
· Jun 17, 2024 · 01:30 pm
Podcast: The myths of Jawaharlal Nehru’s India
Dinyar Patel
· Mar 29, 2024 · 11:30 am
Why it is okay to reheat food more than once and how it can be done safely
Enzo Palombo, The Conversation Sarah McLean, The Conversation
· Sep 03, 2022 · 09:30 pm
A retelling of myths and folktales of India is a timely reminder of the country’s cultural diversity
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
· Dec 15, 2018 · 08:30 am
The pseudoscientific approach thriving under the BJP has its roots in British rule: Wendy Doniger
Wendy Doniger
· May 11, 2018 · 08:30 am
Shiv Visvanathan on the importance of being (and thinking like) Devdutt Pattanaik
Shiv Visvanathan
· Dec 16, 2016 · 08:30 am
What Greek myths have in common with Indian mythology (and why it matters)
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
· Dec 11, 2016 · 08:30 am
What the mythologies of the Western worlds could mean for Indian philosophies (and vice versa)
Devdutt Pattanaik
· Nov 29, 2016 · 08:30 am
Do blind people hear better than others? Watch this feisty man bust some common myths
Scroll Staff
· Nov 12, 2016 · 09:00 pm
