Abhinav Agarwal

W hen does sleeplessness takes over? When a " weak one is attacked by a stronger enemy, if one’s faculties are weak, if one has lost ev...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 11  - Chapter 13 (Ch 89 in the book) Rishi Sumedha concluded his account of the ...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 11  - Chapter 12 (Ch 89 in the book) - Ch 13 In this chapter, the goddess descri...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 10  - Chapter 11 (Ch 88 in the book) - Ch 12 With both Shumbha and Nishumbha dea...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 9  - Chapter 10 (Ch 87 in the book) - Ch 11 With Nishumbha killed, Shumbha taunt...

Devi Mahatmya - Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 8 - Chapter 9 (Ch 86 in the book) - Ch 10 King Suratha exclaims that the Devi m...

  Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 7   <<  Chapter  8  (Ch 85 in the book)  >>  Ch 9 W ith both Chand...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 6   <<  Chapter 7 (Ch 84 in the book)  >>   Ch 8 C handa a...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 5   <<  Chapter 6 (Ch 83 in the book)  >>   Ch 7 S ugreeva...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 4   <<  Chapter 5 (Ch 82 in the book)  >>   Ch 6 R ishi Su...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 3   <<  Chapter 4 (Ch 81 in the book)  >>   Ch 5 W ith Mah...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 2   <<  Chapter 3 (Ch 80 in the book)  >>   Ch 4 D evi Amb...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 1 << Chapter 2 (Ch 79 in the book) >> Ch 3 H aving told...

Devi Mahatmya -  Markandeya Purana , tr. by Bibek Debroy Ch 1  (Ch 78 in the book)  >> Ch 2 O f the five sections in the Ma...

I  will cheat a bit here. I did not read as many books as I would have liked in 2019, so I will include 2018 in this list. Since I do no...

Krishna Yogeshvara - The Dice of Kutil Dharma (Book 2 of the Lord Krishna Trilogy) Amazon India Agendas and subversion; free will a...

T he Mahabharata has lived for thousands of years for the reason that it serves as that vast ocean human emotions in which everyone can po...

The Markandeya Purana, translated by Bibek Debroy Amazon IN , Kindle IN A s far as Puranas go, the Markandeya Purana is the shortes...

I n the first part of this two part series focusing on the emotion of Envy, we learnt that despite the popular belief and the main propon...

T hat Duryodhana was driven by envy is known to all. He is also perhaps the best known example of an envious man in the entire epic. His w...