Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist

Archive for April, 2010
An Avatar without Soul

An Avatar without Soul

What do we wish to give our children – the cosmetics of a story or its soul?

Curse of Kingship

Curse of Kingship

Kings may not like yes-men, but it is they who create them.

Becoming a Leader

Becoming a Leader

On Raj-dharma,about the making of a king !

Ride to Heaven

Ride to Heaven

The idea of heaven is often used to seduce mankind.

Grammar of the Gods

Grammar of the Gods

Goddesses in mythology are symbols of ideas, and not always expressions of patriarchal delusions.

Rites of the Right Hand

Rites of the Right Hand

Ritual ways of feeding the world

We did start the Fire

We did start the Fire

What the British disdainfully referred to as pre-modern in the 18th century turns out to be actually post-post-modern in the 21st century.