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The idea of India’s unity is as old as civilisation itself: An Alarnath temple saga
Opinion

The idea of India’s unity is as old as civilisation itself: An Alarnath temple saga

A holy place like Alarnath and an innocent story of Madhusudan exist all over India and such places and stories are the strongest glue that binds Indians

Basant Panchami 2021: Date, time and significance for 'Saraswati puja'
India

Basant Panchami 2021: Date, time and significance for 'Saraswati puja'

Students usually fast till the pushpanjali or offerings to Goddess Saraswati, while homes are decorated with marigold flowers and rangoli

Mythology for the Millennial: Narada may be a trickster, but he deserved better than a life of illusions
Life

Mythology for the Millennial: Narada may be a trickster, but he deserved better than a life of illusions

While the Norsemen have Loki as their trickster, Hindu mythology has its very own Narada, not a god, but a sage hobnobbing with the who's who of the divine world.

Mythology for the Millennial: Anasuya's story deserves to be told, not forgotten in the margins of myths
Life

Mythology for the Millennial: Anasuya's story deserves to be told, not forgotten in the margins of myths

Anasuya is one of the Chaste Women of Hindu mythology — so pious, she became kind of magical in her own right.

Mythology for the Millennial: Humanity's flaws make sense, when you consider Brahma was its creator
Life

Mythology for the Millennial: Humanity's flaws make sense, when you consider Brahma was its creator

Brahma created Death, who was so unhappy with her job description, she wept and begged, and stood in water for thousands of years and top of one toe on top of a mountain for millions, but he would not budge. That's Brahma: getting other people to do his dirty work since time began.

Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival: Kamal Swaroop speaks about his documentary Pushkar Puran
Entertainment

Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival: Kamal Swaroop speaks about his documentary Pushkar Puran

Kamal Swaroop delves into the myths of Brahma's fifth head and the Ashvamedha yajna in his documentary Pushkar Puran

The Stage review: Starry judges, awesome talent, but why does it sound like a karaoke show?
Entertainment

The Stage review: Starry judges, awesome talent, but why does it sound like a karaoke show?

The Stage, talent hunt to find English singers, has good judges and an impressive contestants but is Indian television good enough a platform for these singers?

 Dear Mr Rajnath Singh: It's Akbar who makes Maharana Pratap great
Politics

Dear Mr Rajnath Singh: It's Akbar who makes Maharana Pratap great

Every Indian, regardless of his faith and creed, who made a significant contribution to history, ought to be given the deserved space and slot in our history books. The government has no business putting them through the sieve of religion. An Ashfaqullah Khan is as important a freedom-fighter as Ram Prasad Bismil; a Tipu Sultan is as great a tormentor of the British as a Rani Lakshmi Bai and a Mughal ruler is as legendary a warrior as a Rana of Mewar.