The First Man’s First Dilemma
Francis Bain tells an enchanting fable about the first man and first woman straight out of the Vedas. Or was it?
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Francis William Bain
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A classicist who worked for a time in Higher Education in India, Bain created a series of his own Indian myths that were full of charm, and sounded quite convincing.
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