Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator

2019

  • Marathi : My Gita

    Marathi : My Gita

    Translated version of My Gita   In a world that seems spellbound by argument over …

  • Telugu: Hanumanthuni Ramayanam

    Telugu: Hanumanthuni Ramayanam

    Translated version of Hanuman’s Ramayana   Valmiki has barely put down his pen after completing …

  • Three Vedic women

    Three Vedic women

    In Rig Veda, we come across three women whose stories reveal a lot about the period…

  • The Five-Headed Hanuman

    The Five-Headed Hanuman

    One of the popular images of Hanuman is one where he has five faces and five pairs of hands. It is known as the Panchmukhi, or five-faced, Hanuman…

  • Of hunger in heaven

    Of hunger in heaven

    We realise the three Swargas in Hindu mythology are designed very differently from the single heaven of Abrahamic mythology…

  • Validating human existence through the Indian scheme of things

    Validating human existence through the Indian scheme of things

    In the Vedas, they say that Artha is about generating food, by creating goods and services. While Kama, is satisfying this hunger. In Dharma, we consider the hunger of others and, in Moksha, we outgrow our hunger…

  • When a man loves a woman

    When a man loves a woman

    We have always valued a woman dying for a man, but have never valued a man who dies for a woman…

  • India’s erotic tradition

    India’s erotic tradition

    Ancient texts describe, without any moral judgement, various ways through which women and men can have pleasure…

  • Malayalam : The Book of Ram

    Malayalam : The Book of Ram

    Translation of The Book of Ram…

  • Malayalam : Shikhandi and Other Tales They Don’t Tell You

    Malayalam : Shikhandi and Other Tales They Don’t Tell You

    Translation of Shikhandi: And Other Tales They Don’t Tell You…