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Ban on Durga Puja: An Assault on the core of Hindu civilisation [Part 4]

Ban on Durga Puja: An Assault on the core of Hindu civilisation [Part 4]

This piece has been co-authored by Shanmukh, Saswati Sarkar and Dikgaj.

“When economic freedom is lost – subsistence is lost; when political freedom is lost – honour is lost; when religious freedom is lost, everything is lost.” – Subhas Chandra Bose,Mandalay jail, February 21, 1926 (when a financial allowance for Durga Puja was refused to political prisoners, which effectively meant a ban on the…

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Ban on Durga Puja: An Assault on the core of Hindu civilisation [Part 3]

Ban on Durga Puja: An Assault on the core of Hindu civilisation [Part 3]

This piece has been co-authored by Shanmukh, Saswati Sarkar and Dikgaj.

In the prequels [read Part I and Part II] to this piece, we have shown that the worship of Shakti (strength or valour) as Goddess has inspired principal Hindu resistances across ages and throughout the civilisational land of the Hindus. It is perhaps this worship that has  inspired Hindu women to militarily defend their…

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Ban on Durga Puja: An Assault on the core of Hindu civilisation [Part 2]

Ban on Durga Puja: An Assault on the core of Hindu civilisation [Part 2]

This piece has been co-authored by Shanmukh, Saswati Sarkar and Dikgaj.

In the prequelto this article, we have shown that the worship of Shakti (strength or valour) as Goddess has inspired principal Hindu resistances across ages and throughout the civilisational land of the Hindus. It is perhaps this worship that has inspired Hindu women to militarily defend their civilisation against invaders,…

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Ban on Durga Puja: An Assault on the core of Hindu civilisation [Part I]

Ban on Durga Puja: An Assault on the core of Hindu civilisation [Part I]

This piece has been co-authored by Shanmukh, Saswati Sarkar and Dikgaj.

अमरीकबरी भार भ्रमरी मुखरी कृतम्।

दूरी करोतु दुरितं गौरीचरणपङ्कजं॥

Thus begins Kuvalayananda of Appayya Dikshita, one of the finest books on Alankara in Sanskrit – with a prayer to Goddess Gowri that the endeavour may be free of obstacles and problems. Similarly, when the kings of Mysore went to war, they would begin by…

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