Poems
What do you see in this face?
Karthik from Lakshya-MAHE, asks you to give your attention to the problems faced by this one face. […]
Art and Culture
Short Stories
The Unfair Red Lights
The first time I came across the word prostitute, it left a sour taste in my mouth. The meaning that the dictionary offered to me was: a person, in particular, a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment. It […]
Culture
The Origin and Spread of Gauda Saraswats – Dr. Suryanath Kamath
Suryanath Upendra Kamath (26 April 1937 – 21 October 2015) was an Indian historian who served as the Chief Editor of the Karnataka State Gazetteer from 1981 to 1995. He presented a paper on the origin and spread of Gowda […]
Culture
Gaud Saraswat Brahmins – The Origins of the Konkanis
The Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins represent a relatively small group of Brahmins who firmly established their identity as a unified group in the year 1708. The history of migration of their ancestors from Kashmir to a variety of places all over […]
Culture
Role of Jainism in Modern India – Dr. B.H. Kapadia
According to Jain Cosmography our present India is known as Bharatakhand, situated in the Jambudvipa. It is known and designated as Bharatakhand after the name of Bharata, the son of Lord Rsabhadeva, the first Tirthankara out of the twenty-four Tirthankaras […]