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Religion

They carved statues too

The myth of a primitive West flatters Indians. It hides what prophetic monotheism destroyed, and what it can still destroy here.

The Bengali who eats meat during Durga Puja is no less a Hindu

Every Navratri, someone says it again: meat must not be eaten while the Devi is worshipped. It is said from katha stages, on television...

Blame the rapist, not the Goddess

Every year as Navratri approaches, a familiar set of captions floods social media: "They worship goddesses but rape women." "Nine days of worship, 365...

Behind sacred walls

Three decades of deaths and expulsions, and a Church that still answers only to itself

At four, Bengal wakes to celebrate the cosmic war

For three centuries, many have tried to own Durga Puja. None has.

The verses no one will quote about the flydubai attack

So, it’s out in public now that the co-pilot who attacked Captain Smit Machchhar with an emergency crash axe on flydubai flight FZ1073 is...

How India celebrates menstruation

Once every year, at Kamakhya, one of the most profound celebrations of womanhood unfolds. The doors of the temple close. Not because of the...

If rapists and criminals are allowed in temples, why not menstruating women?

If rapists and criminals are allowed in temples, why not menstruating women? I am sure most of us have come across this line at some...

The truth about St Xavier that we must know

There are over 230 educational institutions if no less in the name of St Francis Xavier, popularly known as St Xavier, across India. Xavier...

TCS Nashik case: journalist Subhi Vishwakarma says ‘love jihad’ is not fiction

Recently, a case of love jihad, religious conversion, physical exploitation, and mental harassment has come to light at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Nashik,...