Aska – Itisaras

Sugar: India’s white gold

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Srishti Khurana 1 Comment Aska, candy, Chinese businessman, Chinni, Christopher Columbus, commodity, crystalized sugar, delicious, desserts, elixir, essential food ingredient, expensive, fodder, Gupta Dynasty, Gur, havan, jalebis, Napoleon, New Guinea, orissa, placebo effect, placebo therapy, plantations, rare, rasgullas, religious offerings, shakar, South America, sugar, sugar blockade, sugar medicine, sugar plant, sugar tablets, sugarcane, sweet poison, sweet tooth, sweets, table sugar, West Indies, white gold, Yang Daijing

Sugar being an essential condiment in our daily lives has a layered history.It is the only commodity to have a revolution to its name. From being considered as precious as gold and an effective medicine, it has now been tagged as the “sweet poison” which is a bit too accessible.

Culture History

The Cult of Lord Jagannath

September 19, 2020September 19, 2020 Debopriya Bhattacharya 6 Comments Aska, Baxi Jagabandhu, Belief, cast, Celebration, color, cult, cultural, Culture, Discrimination, distinction, diversification, diversity, ethnicity, faith, festival, Gajapati, hindu, icon, identity, Jagannath, Jagannath Dhama, linguistic, nationalism, Odisha, Odisha Festivals, Paika Rebellion, Polity, rashtra devta, rath, Rath Yatra, Religion, social, sovereign, spiritual, srikshetra, transhumanism, Unity

Lord Jagannath is a deity worshipped by people from various regional sections of the country. He is believed to be another form or avatar of Lord Vishnu himself. In a country like India, where we have people coming in from so many different backgrounds, we still find things to bind us together – be it in the name of faith or religion too.