Rig Veda

Why the IIT Kharagpur ‘Vedic Calendar’ Is Worse Than Ordinary Pseudoscience

Data, Not a Press Meet, Is a More Reliable Informant of South Asian Ancestry

Scientists Part of Studies Supporting Aryan Migration Endorse Party Line Instead

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Culture Ministry’s New ‘Vedic Heritage’ Portal Only Debases the Study of Vedas

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Saraswati: The River That Never Was, Flowing Always in the People’s Hearts

Through poems and creation myths, the metaphor of the sea seems evermore to be passing into actuality. Credit: Pexels/pixabay

The Sea, the Sea! The Primordial Metaphor That Has Stayed With Science

By repeatedly exercising doubt, we can reinforce doubt's place in the fight against the hegemonic majoritarianism of modern India. Every “Wait a sec…” and “I don’t get it…” is pushback. Credit: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

The Narendra Modi Government’s Pursuit of Scriptural Authority Is a War Against Doubt