The decision of central government to exempt sanitary napkins from the GST on Saturday has received appreciation from all quarters. While the move is likely to make pads more affordable, several ...

The Bhakti Movement was the outcome of rigidity in religion and the objects of worship. The Bhakti Movement Saints and teachers belonged to various backgrounds, but mainly from the lower castes. They ...

It can seem as though the word “yoga” has become synonymous with contortionist poses, usually performed by fit, nondisabled, white bodies in utopian locales — but that is far from the full picture of ...

There is an apocryphal, though riveting tale of Karaikal Ammaiyar, a 6th century poet-mystic of modern-day Tamil Nadu. Abandoned by her husband who viewed her as a goddess after witnessing her ...

Guru Ravidass, one of the most famous so-called untouchable sages of the 15th-16th century, articulated an alternative genre of bhakti that challenged caste-based social exclusion. Meticulously ...