The Bengal Reader is an expansive anthology of Bengali writing in translation to be published in one volume. Ranging from the ...

Mohan Lalit lalitmohan13@gmail.com My mother makes the nevda before anyone eats. Every meal, every day. The first serving goes to the gods-a small steel plate set before the mandir in the kitchen ...

Ancient Vedic and astrological texts clearly suggest that whenever planetary movements enter a phase of major transition, new chapters unfold in society, politics, science, and the economy. In the ...

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“यदिहास्ति तदन्यत्र, यन्नेहास्ति न तत् क्वचित्।” Whatever is found here may be found elsewhere. What is not found here is ...

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