2. Vinayak is another name for which Hindu deity? What is special about this deity?
Vinayak is another name for Ganesh, the elephant-headed god. This auspicious deity is honored as a remover of obstacles. Naming children after Hindu deities was an old tradition. Dr. Parchure gave that name to Chaturvedi because he was ill so often as an infant, by naming him Vinayak he hoped it would remove many obstacles for him. (Page 213, paragraph 3)
The best place to start looking for this is in the Humanities Core Reader, the study questions even list the page number. If that is not an option, say if you don't have access to the reader, then you can either refer to your lecture notes (assuming you go to lecture) or the lectures posted online.
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