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Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Across India, the fish is a sacred symbol — all kinds of fish. The salt-water fish (Surmai), fresh-water fish (Goonch), fish of ponds (Rohu) and rivers ...
A person of big ideas and an even bigger humanistic imagination," Obeyesekere joined Princeton’s faculty in 1980 and ...
On her eighth album as Circuit des Yeux, Haley Fohr underwent a dramatic transformation, and she's come out all the more ...
Moon + Bird is set to publish five-minute bedtime stories and meditation treasure from former Buddhist monk, astrophysicist ...
Oh yes, you read that right! All around Angkor Wat, you’ll find beautiful figures which are noted as apsaras or divine dancers from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. There are more than 3,000 ...
Both the documentaries are directed by Indian filmmaker Surinder M. Talwar which explores the themes of Buddhist culture and heritage while aligning with the ongoing efforts to revive and promote a ...
These ideas create what we have called the “monogamy-superiority myth”: the assumption monogamous relationships are more satisfying, more loving and more stable than alternative forms of ...
Aspects of Tim's arc, however, mirror the historical Buddha's life. According to Buddhist mythology, the Buddha was a born an aristocrat who had never known discomfort. Sounds a bit like our ...
But as billionaire political power and global economic inequality reach new heights, it’s time to debunk the myths portraying billionaires as heroic forces for good. Today’s world is one where ...
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s iconic face now graces the walls at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in “Frida: Beyond the Myth,” opening this weekend. Kahlo is one of the most recognized and ...
Given that a hallmark of the Trump administration is the gulf between its appointees’ responsibilities and their qualifications for their jobs, it may be hard to pick out the quintessential ...