2016
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The gates of Dwarka
The Krishna in Dwarka has four arms, the upper arms holding the chakra on the left, the gada on the right, and the lower arms holding the shankha on the left and the padma on the right.
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The hermits of Samanar Hills
Devdutt Pattanaik hikes up a hill in Madurai to map its height in 2,500 years of Jain history in Tamil Nadu.
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Can we say that Hinduism’s Narasimha is like Hollywood’s Wolverine?
We often seek similarities between Indian and western stories. But we must probe the reason.
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The Talent Sutra: An Indian Approach to Learning
Derived from Devdutt Pattanaik’s influential bestseller Business Sutra, this book explores concepts like creativity in the workplace, nurturing talent, and the importance of teamwork.
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Olympus: An Indian Retelling of the Greek Myths
In this book, mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik turns his attention to ancient Greek tales and explores a new world of stories. Long have Europeans and Americans retold Indic mythologies. It is time for Indians to reverse the gaze.
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Adinath Temple of Ranakpur
The Jain temple enshrines a sage, who has attained the highest state of realisation.
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The vessel of rasa
Typically, in India, we refer to an actor in a play or a character in a book as ‘patra’ which literally means vessel. Why?
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Is a yogini a female yogi, or a wild erotic witch?
The answer depends on what feelings are evoked in you by these four words: yogi, wild, erotic and witch.
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When Saraswati met Indus
Decoding the correlation between the hymns of the Rig Veda and the artefacts of the Indus Valley civilisation.
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Entrepreneurship Wisdom from Ancient Indian Literature & Its Relevance Today
Speaking for sustainabilitynext emagazine.
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Big, bigger, biggest
The idea of measurement is a key theme in Hindu mythology: three measures of man are not quite the three measures of God.
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Dr Pattanaik’s Events in the United States of America, 2016
The list of Dr Pattanaik’s events in the United States of America, dated between late September, 2016 and early October, 2016.
