Turns out you can ask a chatbot to cross-reference the Rig Veda, the Quran, the Bible and a Reddit thread about Stoicism, at 2 AM, in your pyjamas, and it won’t even ask for a donation. Read more... Google vs Guru: The final showdown mumbaimirror.com/sunday-read…

In Vimalasuri’s Paumachariya, the oldest Jain Rama story (its date is unsettled, somewhere between the 1st and 5th centuries CE), vanaras are vidyadharas: humans who know magic sciences and fly in vimanas. Read more... The monkeys of Jain Ramayana thehindu.com/society/devdutt…

Goddesses are not replaced. Their food is. And much of it has to do with sectarian rivalry and the rise of money power. Read more... How to Turn the Goddess Vegetarian? newindianexpress.com/magazin…

जैन परंपरा से जगन्नाथ पुरी तक, सुभद्रा और कृष्ण-बलराम की कहानी dainik.bhaskar.com/JJROYn8N7…

Garuda and Vishnu in Java, Indonesia (Chandi Sukuh) youtube.com/shorts/OCw-F3H5c…

Mythology, astronomy, language and ritual offer interesting clues suggesting that some older communities may have given greater importance to women, mothers and the maternal household. Read more... India before patriarchy tribuneindia.com/news/reflec…

China ranked people in 4 groups: scholar, farmer, artisan, merchant. Shi, nong, gong, shang. The scholar governs. Farmer grows food. Artisan makes things. The merchant makes nothing. He buys low, sells high & keeps the difference. Read more... ecoti.in/kRDItb65

Who Controls Women’s Choices In The Name Of Love? youtu.be/7b_oEBgH5-Y

The TRUE Meaning Of OM! youtube.com/shorts/RYWiizV4_…

Few notice how 19th-century bhajans were colonised, how shame made orthodox Hindus reject traditional erotic evocation of gods and embrace sterile supplication of monotheistic faiths. Read more... From bhajan colonisation to bhajan clubbing deccanherald.com/opinion/fro…

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3000 year old faith. 300 year old anchor. 💧 Bachi Karkaria presents Waternamah, an illustrated ode to Mumbai's Bhikha Behram Well. Devdutt Pattanaik speaks on water in world mythology. 📅 Oct 6, 5:30 PM 📍 Kitab Khana, Flora Fountain RSVP: +91 98192 04793

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Mahakali, Shukracharya And The Problem With Modern Mythology! Watch here... youtube.com/watch?v=_oLh-4A4…

Few animals have shaped Hindu imagination as deeply as the bull and the cow. Shiva’s mount is Nandi, the great humped bull, while the divine cow Surabhi symbolizes nourishment and abundance. Read more... mid-day.com//news/opinion/ar…

Muslim political power had removed caste from its old grip on temporal power. Bhakti saints, Kabir, Nanak, Chaitanya, Ramananda were offering ordinary people a direct religious life that needed no Sanskrit, no priest, no varna certificate. Read more.. ecoti.in/MRJUMb

Comparing myths requires more than noticing similar characters or events. The deeper ideas behind a story matter far more than its outward details Read more... Misunderstanding the flood myth tribuneindia.com/news/commen…

हिंदू आख्यानों में वर्णित प्राणियों से मिलता है जीवन का संदेश dainik.bhaskar.com/xHiP36CUy…

A thousand years ago, fables were composed equating meat-eating with cannibalism Read more... Is that grandpa or grandma on my plate? mumbaimirror.com/sunday-read…