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Black cow performing milk abhishekam on a hidden Shivling in a Puducherry forest, symbolizing the power of faith.

The Cow and the Hidden Shivling | A Folk Tale from Puducherry

Long ago, Uzhavarkarai was a small village in Pondicherry. Most families there earned their living from farming or raising cattle. People judged a man’s wealth by the land and animals he owned, and they usually chose the richest among them as their headman. The headman at that time owned more land than anyone could walk Read more…

Shikhandi Devdutt Pattanaik

Shikhandi | Book Review | 2014 | Devdutt Pattanaik

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Devdutt Pattanaik is a well-known Indian mythologist, author, illustrator, and speaker. Born in Mumbai on December 11, 1970, Pattanaik did his MBBS from Grant Medical College in Mumbai. After working in the healthcare industry for fourteen years, he became a full-time author. Over the years, Pattanaik has written several books about mythology, Read more…

The Hidden Hindu | Historical Fiction | Akshat Gupta

Synopsis: Twenty-one-year-old Prithvi is pursuing a mysterious middle-aged aghori, or a devotee of Lord Shiva. Om Shastri was traced over two centuries ago before he was captured and moved to a high-tech facility on the isolated Andamans. After being drugged and hypnotized for interrogation by a team of specialists, Shastri claimed to have witnessed all Read more…

Book review of Boons and Curses by Yugal Kishore Joshi

Boons and Curses | Book Review | Yugal Kishore Joshi | 2020

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Yugal Kishore Joshi is an alumnus of IIT Delhi and the National University of Singapore. He is the co-author of the internationally-acclaimed book The Singapore Water Story, which has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Mongolian. Joshi also co-authored Creating Shared Value. In India, Joshi is particularly well-known for books like Read more…

Book review of The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi

Book Review: ‘The Secret of the Nagas’ by Amish Tripathi

The Secret of the Nagas is the second book in the Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi. Click here to read our review of the first book. This novel picks up from where The Immortals of Meluha ended, in the garden of Ramajanmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya. The Nagas have killed Brihaspati and are now after Sati. Read more…