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Rama, Krishna, Shiva & our political correctness
Delhi University does not want a certain kind of Ramayana to be heard or read by its students. Well, for altogether different reasons, so do many parents writes the author, …
‘3 Idiots’? What about the other 100 cr, maamu?
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji was reading Vijaya Karnataka. Suddenly, she flung the paper in disgust. Her face, a seething crimson, resembled a cross between Vidhu Vinod Chopra at the press …
The delightful feminism behind Ganesha’s birth
Ganesh Chathurthi aka Ganesha Habba invokes the usual reverential cliches from devotees—remover of obstacles, provider of solace, omen of good hope, etc. The media, too, can scarcely go beyond amplifying …
If God wanted to be an MLA, he’d be Independent
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Indra jumped off his simhasana as if struck by a million volts. He had just been told that somebody in the southern Indian state of Karnataka was …
All are equal at least in the eyes of seller. Buyer?
Sai Baba jostles for space with Shiva; Murugan rubs shoulders with Mother Teresa; Islamic scriptures hang in the same row as Infant Jesus; and Balaji, Buddha and Babasaheb Ambedkar get …
Lessons from Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva to Indian IT
CHETAN KRISHNASWAMY forwards a copy of Anand Mahindra‘s speech at the Nasscom leadership summit in Bombay last week. Mahindra was addressing a session on ‘Building a knowledge-economy for growth’. *** …
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