The Mughal gardens were orchards, full of fruit bearing and flower bearing trees, creating a heady scent through the seasons.

Thus the monsoon produced a remarkable reversal: from wife to separated lover to unmarried girl.

It explains his origins. And in doing so, it places him firmly below the Tirthankara and the Kshatriya.

Order is not the natural state. It has to be made and defended, constantly, by someone who knows how.

This second-wave Jyotisha was fundamentally different from its Vedic ancestor: no longer about measuring time but about predicting fortune.

Such manipulative arguments have also been used to misinterpret Vedas by people claiming to be Sanskrit experts. 

This victory makes Baal the natural candidate for kingship among the gods.

The term gains far greater frequency and elaboration in later Dharmashastra literature as the doctrine of untouchability was endorsed forcefully.

What made the Kalacakratantra more than a tract against Islam was the way it used animal sacrifice as a hinge to fold Hinduism into the same condemnation

Through these transformations Kamban enriched the Ramayana with additional moral themes: devotion, friendship, ethical warfare, loyalty between siblings, and universal brotherhood.

Devdutt Pattanaik

Hindu temples within Mughal gardens

When women told the story backwards

Brahmins in Jain memory

Mid-Day Opinion: How was Atharva Veda different?

Mid-Day Opinion: The Rise of Nava-grahas

Did Indra eat buffaloes?

Who is Baal?

The Chandala in the Vedas

mid-day Opinion: Tantra of the wheel of time

A Tamil reimagining of the Ramayana

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