It’s Valentine’s day and love is in the air, so feeling a little heady is the order of the day! Despite decades behind me, the quest to understand this emotion only gets stronger (the assumption being, I haven’t quite understood it completely!). Just what is this love that makes mountains move? Well, if this seems […]
Love in the Mahabharata: An instrument for change and for revenge Read More »
Is man inherently incapable of handling women who express their sexuality? Or is he satisfied to find one? Or is he selectively happy, when this is another woman and not his own wife? These are questions that don’t have an easy answer, but certain examples from mythology do reveal a thing or two. The story of Nalayani
Nalayani was Cursed to be Reborn As Draupadi because… Read More »
Everyone knows about the love story of Radha and Krishna but how much do you know about Radha’s husband who loved her no less?
Here’s The Story Of What Happened To Radha After Krishna Left Her Read More »
We all remember the trolling of a well-known actress in a highly forgettable movie. Well, it’s hard to forget because it was a trifle upsetting. The episode in question, of course, is the woman pleasuring herself, supposedly to the surprise of her husband and to the dismay of an audience that knows all about it
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The inauspicious night The wedding season is here. A time of merrymaking and mirth. Numerous ceremonies and festivities at the bride’s house before the wedding. The fun of the ceremony itself and then the fleeting, plaintive notes of bidaai. And the bride’s welcome into her new life… baraan… But did you know that in Bengal
Why newly wed couples in Bengal cannot spend the first night together Read More »
Princess of Hastinapura. Crown Prince Duryodhana’s daughter Lakshmana was adored since birth. Her twin brother Lakshman and she had charmed lives…but perhaps no fairy tale lasts forever. Why Lakshmana’s story is so tragic She was the apple of Duryodhana’s eye, but her father was also the man who had manipulated his cousins into losing their
A royal princess, but Duryodhana’s daughter Lakshmana had a tragic life Read More »
The Kamakhya temple in Guwahati is a shrine to the power of life-giving woman. Read about history of menstruating goddess or sati goddess kamakhya devi temple
Have You Heard Of The Menstruating Goddess Kamakhya Devi Temple? Read More »
Bahucharaji Mata is one of the many ‘avatars’ of the Shakti goddess which is worshipped in Gujarat. She is depicted astride a rooster and is one of the important Shaktipeeths in Gujarat. Goddess Bahucharaji is considered to be the primal deity of the transgender community of India. Legend has it Bahucharaji was a daughter of Bapal
Of the many relationships referred to in Indian mythology and legend, the story of Indra and Shachi is not told often. In fact, the layperson might even struggle to recall the name of Indra’s spouse. To most minds, Indra is an insecure god who constantly runs into trouble with the asuras, and when he is
King of Gods Indra would have Never Managed to Save His Marriage in Today’s Times Read More »
Think of Lakshmi – the Hindu goddess of prosperity – and you are most likely to remember her as a radiant woman sitting submissively near Lord Vishnu’s feet, massaging them. The goddess of wealth is in eternal service of her lord and master, Vishnu, who sustains the universe. She is his shakti of material might,
When Everyone Wanted Goddess Lakshmi Yet None Could Have Her Read More »
