I’ve been re-reading bits of the Indian epics and the Puranas lately, and what struck me most forcibly is the excessive amount of decapitation going on. What’s up with that? To answer that burning question, here is a blog post dedicated to the decapitated. It will be long, but I will endeavor not to make it too gory.

No. 1: Top Pick

Barbarik, the grandson of Bhima, decapitated himself at the request of Krishna before he could fight in the Kurukshetra war. Krishna deduced that he was too powerful...