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Far from home, they toil to buy a fridge for Mama - Features
For some countries, the money sent home by migrants comes to as much as a quarter of national income. Yet when the exiles return to their roots to enjoy ......(Continue Reading)
Dirda on Books
Byline: Michael Dirda Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda takes your questions and comments concerning literature, books and the joys of reading. Each week Dirda's name appears -- in unmistakabl...(Continue Reading)
The world's first multinational; Corporate greed, the ruination of traditional ways of life, share-price bubbles, western imperialism: all these modern
In The Discovery of India, the final and perhaps most profound part of his "prison trilogy", written in 1944 from Ahmednagar Fort, Jawaharlal ......(Continue Reading)
Top 5 Books on the Mother Goddesses
Goddess worship has long been a significant aspect of Hinduism. Here is a selection of books that narrate the story of the mother goddesses of India and bring out the various facets of this tradition and its contemporary nature....(Continue Reading)
Book Review: Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is by Swami Prabhupada is one of the most widely read translations of the Hindu scripture. Here's a short review of the book....(Continue Reading)
Ganesha: The Elephant-God - All About the Zoomorphic Hindu Deity
About the elephant-headed deity - the Hindu god of success, the importance of his form and how he got his head....(Continue Reading)
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