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Book review: Names of the Women by Jeet Thayil

Names of the Women by Jeet Thayil, Jonathan Cape, Penguin Random House UK. Thayil`s book is an interesting round-up of the forgotten women who formed the cohort that marched up the Mount of Calvary with the Christ and later,  sat on vigil under the Cross he was nailed to, long after his disciples had fled…

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Book review: Zealot by Reza Aslan

Some books the regular reader needs to come to only after the brouhaha dies down. Zealot by Reza Aslan is one such book. The author says it is a historical study of Jesus the Nazarene,  as opposed to Jesus the Christ. Reza Aslan sets the book in first-century Palestine and paints the backdrop in pointillist style, before…

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Travel: Mother Mary`s House, Turkey

The house on the hill Legend has it that after the crucifixion, Mother Mary went to live in Turkey. We go explore the site. Our guide Cengiz is telling a fascinating story as the vehicle climbs the steep inclines of Mt. Koressos, the Bulbul Mountain, on the outskirts of the famed historical site of Ephesus….

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