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Gender Fluidity – A Cocktail of Science and Social Activism

GUEST COLUMN   Gender Fluidity – A Cocktail of Science and Social Activism Are Queer Campaigners the… Read More

Hindus-Pagan, Polytheist, Heathen or Indigenous?

Merriam Webster describes a person, who practices a contemporary form of paganism (such as Wicca) as pagan. A synonym of pagan, the word heathen denotes… Read More

Social History of Public Health in Colonial India-Part 1

State Medicine and Epidemic Diseases The countrymen of Manu, Confucius, Zoroaster and Mahomet cannot be said to be mere imitators. Read More

Goddess Traditions of India-Cult of Nalla Pochamma-4

Part 4 Death, Disease, and Ambivalence The close association of village, local, and regional goddesses with disease, epidemic, disaster, and sudden… Read More

Goddess Traditions of India- Cult of Nalla Pochamma-3

Continued from Goddess Traditions in India- Cult of Nalla Pochamma-2 Part 3 Epidemic as Benevolence, Epidemic as Retribution It is not… Read More

Goddess Traditions of India-Cult of Nalla Pochamma-2

Continued from Part 1 Part 2 Disease as Manifestation of Goddess Although the village goddesses are typically characterized as protecting, ordering, and instituting… Read More

Goddess Traditions of India-Cult of Nalla Pochamma-1

Benign Goddess, Terrible Gaze: Gender, Power and Agency in the Cult of Nalla Pochamma First published in Indian Journal of Political Science, July-Sept 2015. Read More

Manipur in Vrindavan: Part 1-Manipur Rajbari

Manipur Comes to Vrindavan Stepping into Vrindavan is like crossing the threshold into a realm where time stands still, frozen in eternity. In… Read More

Manipur in Vrindavan-Part 2-Of Kings and Queens

 Once upon a time, there was a princess…. Kangleipak Ima -Maharani Manmohini-Patron of Manipuri Rani ki Kunj-Wikipedia  A romance unfolds, blossoming like a… Read More

Manipur in Vrindavan-Part 3-A Vaishnava Kingdom

A Vaishnava Kingdom in Manipur: 15th to 18th Century   What connects the people of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West… Read More