Decoding Hinduism
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Hindu versus Hindu: What Ram Manohar Lohia wrote in 1950 on liberal and fundamentalist Hinduisms
Translated from the Hindi by Pavitra Mohan.
Ram Manohar Lohia
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Should Hindus be vegetarian? When Tagore confronted the orthodoxy on ‘Hindu food’
Over a hundred years ago, intellectuals in India were debating the same issues that we are now about food.
Amiya P. Sen, Sahapedia
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Video series: “The third gender has been acknowledged in Hindu mythology,” says Devdutt Pattanaik
Episode 7: A special series where mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste, food, marriage, gender, menstruation to sexuality.
Sannuta Raghu
Trending
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Anand Patwardhan: Breaking the shackles of the Military Industrial Complex
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Pithora is for the gods, not for products, say Adivasis
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Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu likely to receive very heavy rainfall amid possible cyclone
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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Video series: ‘Hinduism has a very wide understanding of sex,’ says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik
Episode 6: A special series where author, illustrator Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste, food, marriage, menstruation to homosexuality.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
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Video series: How did menstrual blood become taboo in Hinduism
Episode 5: In a special series, Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste system, food, clothes, marriage, period blood to homosexuality.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
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Video series: When, why and how did the concept of marriage originate in Hinduism?
Episode 4: In a special series, Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste system, food, clothes, marriage to homosexuality.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
Video
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Watch: Journalist-satirist parodies TV newsroom discussions on election results day
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Watch: Australian teacher explains how to master English pronunciation and talk like Shashi Tharoor
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On TV: Reporter crawls through roadside pipe to show how trapped workers were rescued in Uttarakhand
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Video series: “You can’t equate vegetarian food with Hinduism,” says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik
Episode 3 in a special series where Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste system, food, clothes, marriage to homosexuality.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
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Video series: ‘I don’t think god cares what you dress up as,’ says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik
A special series where author and illustrator Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste system, food, clothes, marriage to homosexuality.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
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Video series: ‘It will take another 100 years for caste hierarchy and purity nonsense to go away’
Episode 1: Decoding Hinduism with mythologist, author and illustrator Devdutt Pattanaik.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
The Reel
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A new Annapurna Devi film could be the last word on the recluse – or the start of a new quest
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term