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The God Who Sprouted Hair

The story draws attention to the concept of contamination. …

The Advice of Vidur

Vidur-niti is a set of about 600 verses, split into eight chapters, found in the Udyoga Parva of the Hindu epic, Mahabharata…

Fifth Veda Uses Gender As a Metaphor

We need to remember that as per popular lore, the gods created the Puranas as the Fifth Veda to transmit Vedic wisdom to women and lowborn people who did not have access to the mantra and the ritual…

Tales From the Land of Jagannatha

There are 30 short essays in this book. They were written by renowned mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik over a ten-year period and published in various publications…

The Forgotten Women Who Helped Shape Jainism

Jainism follows the path revealed by 24 sages known as Tirthankara, who appear in every …

  • The God Who Sprouted Hair

    The God Who Sprouted Hair

    The story draws attention to the concept of contamination. …

  • The Advice of Vidur

    The Advice of Vidur

    Vidur-niti is a set of about 600 verses, split into eight chapters, found in the Udyoga Parva of the Hindu epic, Mahabharata…

  • Fifth Veda Uses Gender As a Metaphor

    Fifth Veda Uses Gender As a Metaphor

    We need to remember that as per popular lore, the gods created the Puranas as the Fifth Veda to transmit Vedic wisdom to women and lowborn people who did not have access to the mantra and the ritual…

  • The Forest and the Field

    The Forest and the Field

    Increasingly, we find laws that protect forests being cut down, giving way for industries. This brings tribal communities into conflict with the state. …

  • The Legend Of Nagarjuna

    The Legend Of Nagarjuna

    Say Nagarjuna, and most people will think of a silver screen superstar. …

  • The History of Draupadi’s Vastraharan

    The History of Draupadi’s Vastraharan

    When we study the history of the story, we realise that Draupadi’s disrobing and rerobing by Krishna was never part of the earliest layers of the epic…

New Books

Devdutt Pattanaik writes and speaks on the relevance of mythology in modern times, especially in areas of management, governance, and leadership.