Academic and curator Alka Pande looks at the phenomenon and asks who Shiva is?Is it a God?Is it a concept?Is it true?Is it one of the phallus?Is it a destroyer?Is it the lord of dance?
Will the gods of the Hindu pantheon be reduced to singular narratives and used to polarize identities in the politics of otherness?Ask Outlook editor Chinki Sinha about Shiva’s attempted appropriation
From the most benign to the most destructive, Lord Shiva remains a mystery that defies definition. Attempts to adjust it may fail.
Shiva resonates to other degrees among disadvantaged communities in God’s country, writes Keli Ramachandran
Ganeshwar, a PhD from the University of Hyderabad, explains why Hindu nationalists will struggle to make Shiva the face of their aspirations in the southern states.
Updated: 21 Oct 2022 15:05
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