Shubho Bijoya everyone! #ShubhoBijoya

Only 379 days till Durga Puja 2026, which begins on October 17, 2026. :-)

We are only a week away from Kali Puja, the worship of the fierce mother goddess. Below is a 1938 oil painting by Prahlad Karmakar, who served as professor in the Department of Commercial Art at the Government College of Art and Craft in Calcutta, called Village Kali Puja.

"It has gone largely unnoticed that time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline." By John Burn-Murdoch

How India’s worship of the feminine divine unites, and has gone global, writes HindolSengupta A brilliant piece. sundayguardianlive.com/feature/the-go…

A fine essay here on the worship of the feminine divine, the Mother Goddess who speaks in the Devi Suktam hymn of the Rig Veda: 3. I am the queen, the confluence of riches, the skilful one who is first among those worthy of sacrifice. The gods divided me up into various parts,

Fascinating new book of M.J. Akbar on astrology in the Mughal Empire. Being released by Rajnath Singh NSA Ajit Doval and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan.

Really enjoyed this conversation with HindolSengupta. No fluff; just solid stuff all along. Reminded me of our first recording together nearly 10 years ago on ‘Being Hindu.’

This is exactly correct. And this cannot be achieved unless there is a sensible embrace of nuclear energy. Good news is that the Indian state is already moving in this direction with an aim of 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047. We are at around 8-9 GW at the moment.

youtu.be/pXCVyBg19ZY?si… Makarand R Paranjape, Ph.D. (Illinois) sees India’s rise as not just a display of power but as an ethical and aesthetic example, requiring the harmonization of Gandhi’s and Savarkar’s visions to address both internal communal unity and external global challenges. #Classics

Respect.