When Shobhana and her daughter returned home from a Navratri celebration in Vadodara on October 10, her husband Tejas served them ice cream that was reportedly poisoned.

Two of the students, Adnan Shah and Kadir Mansoori study at the Oxford College while the other two, Umar Khalid and Sayyad Sakib are friends of the two.

This time there were no little girls strutting around, fully dressed, collecting gifts and eating more than they can. We asked a few people how Coronavirus affected their Navratri celebrations. Have a look.

The Mahavidyas as a group reflect the various attributes of the Supreme Goddess in a way that they do not depend on their spouses.

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.

Women are only revered as goddesses for their domestic roles. Here’s why we must embrace our fierce side as well.

As it is with most festivals, we are fast losing the emotional and spiritual connection with Navratri too. While numerous people still fast religiously through these auspicious nine days, it is hard to look away from how Navratri is increasingly being commercialised. When did it become all about putting up speakers loud enough to burst […]

There are both gods and goddesses in Hindu mythology and interestingly, God, is venerated as both male and female. And Navratri is this unbroken observance of goddess worship – the divine feminine – who has the strongest presence as the devi, where the goddess is viewed as central in existence. Such feminism and divinity together […]

Times have changed and so has the symbolism of our goddesses. Read on to know about the various traits of goddesses that the modern-day women should aim to embody. Draupadi It was unusual for women of mythological times to voice their opinions against the misdeeds done to them by the patriarchal society. Draupadi, however, grabbed […]