2016
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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.
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How Adi Shankaracharya united a fragmented land
Is our current understanding of Shankara contaminated by the ambitions of his not-so-intellectual followers who relish the idea of domination?
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Mythology for Global Harmony Tour
A short video detailing Dr Devdutt Pattanaik’s “Mythology for Global Harmony Tour” across various cities in the United States of America. Spanning a list of events from 24th September, 2016, to 9th October, 2016.
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Transgenders versus homosexuals
In Greek mythology, there are many stories of homosexual love: where men love men, and women love women. Apollo falls in love with Hyacinthus, while his sister Artemis drives Callisto away when she lets a man make her pregnant.
