Comments on: The Snake Sacrifice http://devdutt.com/the-snake-sacrifice Understanding Sacred Stories, Myths, Rituals and their Relevance in Modern Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:42:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Apoorv Kothari http://devdutt.com/the-snake-sacrifice/comment-page-1#comment-2048 Apoorv Kothari Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:47:07 +0000 http://devdutt.com/186#comment-2048 The indian middle class is very peculiar owing to the strong faith and beliefs rooted in age old traditions and customs. though the stories, myths and learning get deteriorated coming down the generations but it provides such a strength of faith and belief to a common man that he remains undisturbed n manages to smile even in the toughest of times. the new generation living in the cool confines of a metro takes this feature of the middle class as their weakness and relate it to the growing backwardness or poverty. but they do not realize that these deep rooted faith are our biggest strength because something that can keep a person tolerant amid all difficulties is a great strength and not a weakness. Apoorv Kothari The indian middle class is very peculiar owing to the strong faith and beliefs rooted in age old traditions and customs. though the stories, myths and learning get deteriorated coming down the generations but it provides such a strength of faith and belief to a common man that he remains undisturbed n manages to smile even in the toughest of times. the new generation living in the cool confines of a metro takes this feature of the middle class as their weakness and relate it to the growing backwardness or poverty. but they do not realize that these deep rooted faith are our biggest strength because something that can keep a person tolerant amid all difficulties is a great strength and not a weakness.

Apoorv Kothari

]]> By: Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik http://devdutt.com/the-snake-sacrifice/comment-page-1#comment-1788 Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:49:44 +0000 http://devdutt.com/186#comment-1788 For the conversation you have to await my book on Mahabharata due out later this year :-) For the conversation you have to await my book on Mahabharata due out later this year :-)

]]> By: Shobha http://devdutt.com/the-snake-sacrifice/comment-page-1#comment-1787 Shobha Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:58:35 +0000 http://devdutt.com/186#comment-1787 Your articles are fascinating and insightful. Have you written anything about the last conversation between Bhishma and Yudhishtra before Bhishma's death? I have heard that in this conversation Bhisma advises Yudhistra on how to govern a country / kingdom. Could you share your thoughts on it? Thanks. Your articles are fascinating and insightful. Have you written anything about the last conversation between Bhishma and Yudhishtra before Bhishma’s death? I have heard that in this conversation Bhisma advises Yudhistra on how to govern a country / kingdom. Could you share your thoughts on it?

Thanks.

]]> By: Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik http://devdutt.com/the-snake-sacrifice/comment-page-1#comment-935 Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:30:42 +0000 http://devdutt.com/186#comment-935 Wait till next year when Penguin publishes my Mahabharata retold :-) Wait till next year when Penguin publishes my Mahabharata retold :-)

]]> By: Siddhant http://devdutt.com/the-snake-sacrifice/comment-page-1#comment-932 Siddhant Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:15:35 +0000 http://devdutt.com/186#comment-932 Where can one find these "stories that are not heard because people are so bedazzled by stories of war that they ignore stories of peace" Is there a book(preferably english)where the extended mahabharata stories can be read ?? Where can one find these “stories that are not heard because people are so bedazzled by stories of war that they ignore stories of peace”

Is there a book(preferably english)where the extended mahabharata stories can be read ??

]]> By: Snehal http://devdutt.com/the-snake-sacrifice/comment-page-1#comment-858 Snehal Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:04:18 +0000 http://devdutt.com/186#comment-858 I don't find single mistake in your understanding... What you read and understand in Mahabharat is really truth and what I understand is just entertainment. I would like to read more articles of yours. Rana Snehal. I don’t find single mistake in your understanding… What you read and understand in Mahabharat is really truth and what I understand is just entertainment.

I would like to read more articles of yours.

Rana Snehal.

]]> By: Archana Sharma http://devdutt.com/the-snake-sacrifice/comment-page-1#comment-81 Archana Sharma Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:07:53 +0000 http://devdutt.com/186#comment-81 I am fascinated by your interpretation of thestoriesof the Mahabharata. I read them whenever I come across themas in The Economic Times. I weep for Drapadi, at her humiliation annd her loss of five sons. I lost my own daughter and also feel the humiliation the women all over the world undergo everyday and and what they suffered centuries and ages before. We need Bhima-s and Krishna-s. I am fascinated by your interpretation of thestoriesof the Mahabharata. I read them whenever I come across themas in The Economic Times. I weep for Drapadi, at her humiliation annd her loss of five sons. I lost my own daughter and also feel the humiliation the women all over the world undergo everyday and and what they suffered centuries and ages before. We need Bhima-s and Krishna-s.

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