Religion

Nine Nights of the Goddess – a compilation of the essays on Navaratri celebrations across South Asia promised to take me through the different...

Adi Shankaracharya – Why did none of my textbooks ever thought me about this? This is the first question that comes to your mind...

For last 30 odd years, we know of Rama and Ayodhya through the Ram Janambhoomi controversy. As a college going student, I have lived...

The Making of Early Kashmir – The landscape and identity in the Rajatarangini by Shonaleeka Kaul is a delightful book. I picked it up...

Yogini – What comes to your mind when you hear this word? Those of us who follow Yoga may think of it as a...

Devi Goddesses of India looks at or the divine feminine as the west calls them or Shakti as we call them. It is a...

Banaras City of Light by Diana L Eck is the most authoritative contemporary book on Varanasi. You look for books on Kashi and this...

The Life of Hinduism is a compilation of essays by various scholars who have been studying Hinduism. I picked up this book both as...

Hanuman Chalisa is the most commonly chanted set of verses in India. Written by Goswami Tulsidas after he wrote Ram Charita Manas - these...

I picked up this book Being Different after I saw a few videos of Rajiv Malhotra talking about Hinduism and trying to explain it. Videos...