In his model of ‘Hierarchy of Needs’ Abraham Maslow states that human motivation moves through stages. You need to satisfy one stage before can you move on to the next. You would feed or shelter yourself before worrying about love or acceptance or self-actualization. The concept of this pyramid came to my mind, when, on … Continue reading On Worship and Violence
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A Unique Religious Cleansing
On the second day of my recent trip to Odisha my mother and I headed to Puri. My mother was keen to perform the darshan at the Puri Jagannath temple. Although I had no great desire to see it, my father and uncle were so unenthused by the idea that I had to agree to … Continue reading A Unique Religious Cleansing