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This week saw the Kashish LGBTQ film festival in Mumbai. Just a few days earlier, a journalist asked me why is it important to have LGBT film festivals...

No, this is not yet another article on much admired filmmakers who confuse Bollywood with European art house cinema, Mumbai with Chicago, cannot take any criticism, and declare they want to sulk in grand exotic locations, when the market does not indulge them, to that favourite background score of drama queens, 'I will survive!'

Every human being (nara, in Sanskrit) has two parts: who they are and what they have. Scriptures separate the two parts. The former is called Narayan

Religious food restrictions are not only about piety, but also identity

Kalidas, the great Sanskrit poet, they say, was very market savvy. On his way to the court of Vikramaditya, he would stop in villages and hamlets.

It all started with the Harry Potter series. Suddenly magic became a cool world amongst children.

One day Vishnu met Shiva, and they both complained about their domestic situation.

AS a Non-Resident Odia (NRO), I am often asked if rasgulla, the sweet dish, is of Odia or Bengali origin. If I say the sweet dish has Odia roots, will that make me more &lsquo;scientific&rsquo; or &lsquo;chauvinistic&rsquo;? As I look at those expectant eyes and feel the bated breath, I realise I will be judged no matter what I say. All I can present is my truth.

A person of Indian Origin (PIO) was once asked to identify himself. He had a US passport and had lived and thrived in USA for decades, which made him legally American. He practiced Hinduism, knew his caste and gotra, that made him Hindu, a privileged one, as an activist would clarify.

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'Dahan' to 'Jogi', latest releases you can watch on OTT platforms and television

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Gladiators among us

Here comes Narada

Forbidden foods

Aspiration nautanki

How we read mythology

Devdutt Pattanaik: Divine domestic discords

Devdutt Pattanaik: Rasgullas for Lakshmi

Devdutt Pattanaik: Many identities of God

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