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The Goddess Rides an Elephant and a Lion

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The biggest festival from my hometown, Chandannagar (a former French colony on the suburbs of Calcutta), is “Jagaddhatri Puja” (Puja means worship). It’s a cultural event for the worship of one of the many avatars of Shakti, the Hindu Goddess of power and energy. It happens sometime in November and is the largest revenue generator… Continue reading The Goddess Rides an Elephant and a Lion

Meat as Offering on Diwali?

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Contrary to how it's weaponized by India's political class, Hinduism is actually pretty cool. In that, it's insanely diverse and there's no iron-clad definition of who's a Hindu and what's Hinduism.Neither are there rituals, customs, traditions that one must follow to become and remain a Hindu; no matter what they say. There's no formal initiation… Continue reading Meat as Offering on Diwali?

Where the River Crescents like the Moon

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If you travel up the Hooghly River from Calcutta, you’d find a number of small settlements stacked up one after another along the banks. Now, there’s nothing extraordinary about these settlements that evolved into bustling towns with the latest commercial opportunities; except for one little detail. Up until ~150 years back, each of these towns,… Continue reading Where the River Crescents like the Moon