SHIKHANDI BY DEVDUTT PATTNAIK // BOOK REVIEW

Patriarchy asserts men are superior to women, Feminism clarifies women and men are equal, Queerness questions what constitutes male and female. Queerness isn't only modern, Western or sexual, says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. Take a close look at the vast written and oral traditions in Hinduism, some over two thousand years old and you will find …

Book Review: The Surrogate Lies

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