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Stigmata

May 9th, 2003 Pari Films No comments

A modest film for the spiritual message it conveys. Stigmata is a phenomenon where one becomes so intensely in passion with the object of worship that one takes on its attributes. Specifically it has to do with receiving the wounds of Christ when he was crucified.
In Stigmata, Frankie receives the wounds of Christ. What I [...]

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Mercury Waste

For past few years environmentalists in Tamil Nadu have been after a company that had leaked 22 tons of toxic mercury waste in Kodaikannal. For those who don’t know, even a minute presence of mercury is enough to permanently damage the land and devastate all life forms, and mercury once it gets in – stays [...]

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Varna Structure

May 2nd, 2003 Pari Hinduism No comments

This article is a continuation of The Caste System.
Another way of looking at varnasrama is via a pyramid ranking, where people of Brahmin varna are at the top, Kshatriya and Vaishya the next two layers, and Shudras the base of the pyramid. The idea behind this is that, Brahmins represent those folks who set a [...]

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