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Lakshmi: The Goddess who Defines India

[ Originally published in ' In Treasures of Lakshmi: The Goddess Who Gives' Edited by Namita Gokhale & Malashri Lal, Penguin, 2024, 11-29, February 11th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Of all the Hindu deities, Shiva may be the most complex but Lakshmi is certainly one of the most amorphous — when one attempts to capture her within a definitive framework. She is undoubtedly one of the oldest deities and one can claim, quite confidently, that she has survived for three full millennia,

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Academic Writings āĨ¤ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋ
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  • Lakshmi āĨ¤ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€

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 The Painful Remembrance: Ashura's Historical and Spiritual Significance

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, July 17th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

I remember the tremendous tension that I went through as SDO nd Magistrate in charge of “Muharram” at Loha Gate in Agarpara in 1978 — as oceans of frenzied humans went all around me, lashing and bleeding themselves with whips, chains and fighting dangerously swords — crying "Ya Hasan, Ya Husain"! It continued through the evening and night. Though there were grievous and other (self-inflicted) injuries, I could report early in the morning, that it was “peaceful” and “law and order under control”.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
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  • Muharram āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāϰāĻŽ
  • Islamic Festival | āχāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ

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āύ⧀āϞāĻžāϚāϞ⧇āϰ āϰāĻĨāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāϭ⧁ āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϚ⧈āϤāĻ¨ā§āϝ

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, July 9th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧀āϰ āϰāĻĨāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϚ⧈āϤāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāϭ⧁āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϜāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϚāϰāĻŽ āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ā§§ā§Ģā§§ā§Ļ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻļā§āϰ⧀āϚ⧈āϤāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϜāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ—āύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϛ⧁āĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧀āϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻšāĻŋāϤāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāρāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ—āϞ āϭ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšā§‚ā§œāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ­āĻ°ā§ā§ŽāϏāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤

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āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, June 17th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻĒāϰāĻŽā§‡āĻļā§āĻŦāϰāύ āĻĨāύāĻ•āĻĒā§āĻĒāύ āύāĻžā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻŋ āϟāĻŋ āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĻŋ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ ‘āĻŦā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰāĻĢ⧁āϟ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ āĻ…āĻŦ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžâ€™ āĻŦāĻž ‘āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ’āĨ¤ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϞ⧟āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻāχ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ ā§¯ā§§ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ⧇ āϕ⧇āϰāϞ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧁āĻ­āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āύāĻŋāσāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ›ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϟ āϚ⧁āĻ•āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ• ā§Ēā§Ģ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāύ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āφāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ—āĻžāĻĸāĻŧ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻžāĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§€ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ•āϕ⧇, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻ°ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāχ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ⧇āĨ¤

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  • P Thankappan Nair | āĻĒāϰāĻŽā§‡āĻļā§āĻŦāϰāύ āĻĨāύāĻ•āĻĒā§āĻĒāύ āύāĻžā§ŸāĻžāϰ

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Cultural Capital Without a Crown: The Case for Kolkata’s Modern Art Museum

[ Published May 19th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

I am sad that while every major city of India has a proper public-sponsored art gallery, Kolkata does not. Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore have great facilities called the National Galleries of Modern Art (NGMAs),

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  • Kolkata Museum of Modern Art āĨ¤ āĻ•āϞāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāωāϜāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĻŽ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻŽāĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āφāĻ°ā§āϟ
  • National Galleries of Modern Art (NGMAs) āĨ¤ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāύāĻžāϞ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰāĻŋāϏ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻŽāĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āφāĻ°ā§āϟāϏ

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Walking with Mahavira: Tracing the Jain Tirthankara’s Footsteps in West Bengal

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, April 21st, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Today, as we celebrate the Mahavira Jayanti, I am reminded of his association with the western tract of Bengal, known since ancient times as the Rarh or Radh. When I served as the Additional District Magistrate of the Asansol-Durgapur belt of Burdwan (now known as Paschim Barddhaman district) in 1980-81, I had visited the ruins of a famous Jain temple at Punchra.

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  • Mahavir Jayanti āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§€āϰ āϜ⧟āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧀
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āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāώ-āϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŽāύāĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, March 12th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύ āϕ⧀, āĻāχ āĻšāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦ⧈āĻ āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ? āύāĻž, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻŦ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻŖ āϤ⧋ āύ⧟-āχ, āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻ“ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĢāϰāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϞ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ›-āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ āĻŦāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻāχ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄ-āĻĄā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ āĻ…āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāĻ•āϰāĨ¤

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How Ameen Sayani Helped Unite the Soul of India

[ Originally published in The Wire, March 2nd, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Just a couple of days after the sad death of the one and only Ameen Sayani, I stumbled upon a photo with him, taken by his son at the NCPA, Mumbai. ‘August 2019’ was scrawled on it and I had gone there to deliver the Jamshed Bhaba Memorial Talk on Indian Culture. I was his great admirer and came to know him well from the time I headed All India Radio and Doordarshan, as CEO, Prasar Bharati.

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  • Ameen Sayani āĨ¤ āφāĻŽā§€āύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ
  • Radio Ceylon āĨ¤ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧋āύ

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The Man Who Made India Sing Together: A Tribute to Ameen Sayani

[ Originally published in ENewsroom, February 26th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

Just a couple of days after the sad death of the one and only Ameen Sayani, I stumbled upon a photo with him, taken by his son at the NCPA, Mumbai. ‘August 2019’ was scrawled on it and I had gone there to deliver the Jamshed Bhabha Memorial Talk on Indian Culture. I was his great admirer. And came to know him well from the time I headed All India Radio and Doordarshan, as CEO, Prasar Bharati.

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  • Akashvani āĨ¤ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€
  • B V Keskar āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋ āϕ⧇āϏāĻ•āϰ
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  • Ameen Sayani āĨ¤ āφāĻŽā§€āύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ
  • Radio Ceylon āĨ¤ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧋āύ

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āφāĻŽāĻŋāύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ āϐāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, February 27th, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž ⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧍-āϰ āĻ…āĻ—āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšāϞāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ­āĻžāĻ—, āĻĻāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻ“ āφāĻžā§āϚāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāĻŦāϰāϪ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϟāĻž āϤāĻ–āύ āϏāĻ‚āĻšāϤ, āϐāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āύāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻžāύāĻ“ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āύāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻžāύāĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĨ¤ 

  • Vividh Bharati āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϧ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀
  • People & Memories āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Akashvani āĨ¤ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€
  • B V Keskar āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋ āϕ⧇āϏāĻ•āϰ
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  • Ameen Sayani āĨ¤ āφāĻŽā§€āύ āϏāĻžā§ŸāĻžāύāĻŋ
  • Radio Ceylon āĨ¤ āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧋āύ

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āύāĻŋāω āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āφāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāϤāύ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āώāϗ⧁āϞ⧋

[ Originally published in Jago Bangla, January 1st, 2024 ] [ View PDF ]

“ āĻŽāĻļāĻžāχ, āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ? “ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāϧāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āφāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇āύ, “ āĻ“āχ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻž āĻšāϞ, āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡â€ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž “āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°â€āĨ¤ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§€āĨ¤ āφāϰ āϏāĻžāϞāϟāĻž āϝ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āχ āύāĻŋāω āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ āĻĄā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āύāĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϟāĻž āϕ⧇āω āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāχ āĻ•āϰāϤ āύāĻžāĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • 2024 | ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • January | āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ
  • New Year | āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āύāĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āώ

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Navratri May Be Different, But The Soul Of India is One

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, October 23rd, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

As we head to the last day of Navratri it may be good to observe how Hinduism brought together dissimilar customs and rituals in harmony and mutual respect — with no single theme thrusting itself on any. All Hindus agree on the same nine days and ten nights in autumn, but after that, the observances in different regions contrast quite a lot — as the ‘local’ adjusts itself within the ‘universal’.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Navaratri āĨ¤ āύāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š

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The Evolution of Durga: Tracing Her Multifaceted Origin Across Continents and Ages

[ Originally published in E Newsroom, October 22nd, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

Durga in her present form incorporates different streams, like Simha Vahini (the goddess who rides the lion), the Mahishasura Mardini (one who slays the Buffalo-Demon) and the Dashabhuja or ten-armed goddess. They evolved in different stages and ages.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Durga Puja āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Durga āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻž

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āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, September 29th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āχāωāύ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ“ āϜāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻš āϝāϤ āĻŦāĻžā§œā§‡ āϤāϤāχ āĻŽāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ : āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϕ⧀ āφāϰ āϤāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ?

  • Shantiniketan āĨ¤ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϤāύ
  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • History | āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Unesco World Heritage Site āĨ¤ āχāωāύ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻšā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϜ āϏāĻžāχāϟ

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‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’ āφāϰāĻ“ āϭ⧟āĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰ

[ Originally published in Anandabazar Patrika, September 11th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāύāĻŋāϰāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āωāĻ—ā§āϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āĻ–ā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇ ‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϭ⧟āĻ™ā§āĻ•āϰāĨ¤ ‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻāχ ‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ’āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇, āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āϤāĻžāχ āĻĻā§‹āώ āύ⧇āχ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Government āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Hindi Language āĨ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž

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Caught Between Myth And Reality

[ Originally published in India International Centre Quarterly, Summer 2023, Vol 50, no 1, July 5th, 2023 ] [ View PDF ]

Few can deny that India is seared right through, over several vexing issues, among which is whether the two sacred epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are actually history or just myths. There is hardly any middle ground, as rationalists and left- liberals are absolutely certain that the epics are only myths, while a large section of Hindus refuse to believe they are not historical.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Politics āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ
  • Religion āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
  • Ramayana āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§ŸāĻŖ
  • Election āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ
  • 2023āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • Ram āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻŽ
  • SecularismāĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāύāĻŋāϰāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž
  • Bharatiya Janata Party āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋ
  • Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧟āĻ‚āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ• āϏāĻ™ā§āϘ
  • Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώāĻĻ

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Karwa Chauth

[ Originally published in Astha Bangla, October 13th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

Among regional festivals that have been most widely publicised by Bollywood, Karva Chauth takes the pride of place — along with Mumbai’s Ganesh Festival. But while Ganesh is a pan-Indian Hindu deity, most would never have known the quaint one-day festival called Karva Chauth — had it not been for Hindi cinema.

  • Culture | āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ
  • Bollywood āĨ¤ āĻŦāϞāĻŋāωāĻĄ
  • Festival & Celebrations | āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ
  • Karwa Chauth | āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĻž āϚ⧌āĻĨ

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āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĻž āϚ⧌āĻĨ

[ Originally published in Astha Bangla, October 13th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

āφāĻžā§āϚāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻŋāωāĻĄā§‡āϰ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĻž āϚ⧌āĻĨ āĻŦā§āϰāϤāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ—āϪ⧇āĻļ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻāϰ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻ“ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—āϪ⧇āĻļ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāϪ⧇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāϤāĻžāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāχ āĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĻž āϚ⧌āĻĨ āĻŦā§āϰāϤ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϏ⧇āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϤ āύāĻž — āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšāϤ⧋āĨ¤

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East India Worships Lakshmi Today

[ Originally published in Astha Bangla, October 9th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ][ View on Academia ]

Tonight is Lakshmi Puja in Bengal and much of the East, comprising of Assam, Odisha and Tripura. South India has a different tradition of worshiping Lakshmi during 3 of the 9 nights of Navaratri, which ends just five days before. This is how diversity thrives amidst unity in India, for several millennia.

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  • Lakshmi Puja āĨ¤ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€ āĻĒ⧁āĻœā§‹

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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āφāϜ āϘāϰ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āϜāĻžāĻ—āϰ⧀ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āφāϰāĻžāϧāύāĻž

[ Originally published in Astha Bangla, October 9th, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

āφāϜ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϰ āϘāϰ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇ āϧāύāĻĻ⧇āĻŦā§€ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āφāϰāĻžāϧāύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāϰ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ, āĻ“āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻļāĻž āĻ“ āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āϕ⧋āϜāĻžāĻ—āϰ⧀ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āφāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āφāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€ āĻĒā§‚āϜāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻā§€āĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϪ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āφāϗ⧇āχ āύāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž ⧝āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ ā§ŠāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āĻĒā§‚āϜāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϰāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āϐāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻŦ⧈āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϘāĻŸā§‡ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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Was Gandhi Anti-Science?

[ Originally published in The Space.ink, October 2nd, 2022 ] [ View PDF ]

Aldous Huxley was among the first to brand Gandhi and his movements `anti- science’. “Tolstoyan’s and Gandhiites tell us to `return to nature’,” he said, “in other words, abandon science altogether and live like primitives”. This impression was surely in currency and, in the absence of a determined, evidence laden rebuttal, it continues to prevail. Dr Meghnad Saha once told the Russians that he and his fellow scientists had “as little regard” for Gandhi’s economic and social theories “as you ‘the Russians’ have for Tolstoy”.

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  • Anti-Science āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ-āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀

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