The serpent pursues Ra as the sun god pulls the burning sundisc ... Few eclipse myths can match the horror of Hinduism’s Rahu, one of the Asura, a kind of demon. Originally known as Svarbhānu ...

What if the Asuras, long vilified in Hindu mythology ... bowing to celestial kingship, the Asura dharma would advocate for meritocracy—where rulers and gods are questioned, knowledge is pursued ...