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Shakti Generates, Venerates, Orchestrates And Regenerates: A Poem
Dr. Yamni A.S. writes a powerful poem on Navratri which raises valid questions on how women are treated in our society.
Indian Goddesses
Dear Men, Offer To Help The Goddesses That Reside In Your Home
The next time you fold your hands to the idol of the Goddess and offer her flowers and sweets, look beside you and extend your hand and offer help to the Goddess that resides in your homes.
How Durga Puja Definitions Have Changed Considerably
Koral Dasgupta writes on how Durga Puja has become an “event” and the goddess herself has been reduced to a hashtag in the age of social media.
Of Devis and Demons: The Shakti Present In Us Is An Unstoppable Force
“Personally, I find it heartening that the myriad faces of the divine Feminine is being celebrated with such fanfare,” writes author Anuja Chandramouli.
Durga: A Contradiction To The Popular Perception Of Woman
Quite clearly we find Durga challenging every popular aspect of the feminine, writes mythologist Utkarsh Patel.
This Navratri, Pledge To Unleash Your Inner Fierce Goddess
Women are only revered as goddesses for their domestic roles. Here’s why we must embrace our fierce side as well.
Goddesses of the Season: The Nine Forms of Nav Durga
The festival of Navratri is here again, it is the time to celebrate the Divine Feminine. To be sure, Navratri comes four times in a year but the Sharad or Autumn Navratri is the most popular. It is associated with the festival of Dussehra or Durga Puja in various parts of the country. Navratris Through […]
Beyond Devi or Devil: The Myriad Faces of Women in Myths
By Kavita Kané The devi or the devil? The winner or the vamp? The good or the bad. The answer, of course, will be as stereotyped as the question itself. It is far easy and presumptive to bracket characters and people in mythology into stereotypes and to paint them either black or white than see them […]
