2020
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Lion King Of Sri Lanka
Published on 26th April, 2020, in Mid-day Once upon a time, there was a princess of Kalinga, who was abducted by a lion who forced her to bear him a child. The child, Sinhabahu, killed his own father and, for…
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Suno Mahabharat Devdutt Pattanaik ke Saath
Suno Mahabharata Devdutt Pattanaik ke Saath is an exclusive presentation by Audible.
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Revisiting Mahabharata with Devdutt Pattanaik
Revisiting Mahabharata with Devdutt Pattanaik is an exclusive presentation by Audible.
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When the Vedas Reached South
Published on 19th April, 2020, in Mid-day The mention of southern states is conspicuously absent in vedic literature. Hymns of the Rig Veda date back to 1500 BCE. They refer to the Saptasindhu or Indus Valley region. Shatapatha Brahmana, dated…
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Devdutt Talks on AIR FM Rainbow
Devdutt Pattanaik · Devdutt Pattanaik on AIR Devdutt Pattanaik talks with Kiran Misra on topics related to Parshuram, the day of Akshay Tritya, on the current situation of lockdown and on the essence of charity.
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Islam’s Agricultural Contribution
Published on 17th April, 2020, in the Economic Times Nabi Bansa is a Bengali epic written over 300 years ago that narrates the tales of Islamic prophets. Here we are told that when Adam was cast out of Eden, he…
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Tea is for us what Soma was for Vedic Aryans
Who is a Hindu? Tea is for us what Soma was for Vedic Aryans Published on 12th April, 2020, in Mumbai Mirror The Rig Veda has about 1,000 hymns composed as groups of Indo-Aryans migrated in waves from the Indus…
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Dharma During Crisis
Published on 12th April, 2020, in Mid-day As we go through a global pandemic which demands a major change in our lifestyle and which will have a major impact on the economy, it is a good time to remember a…
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The Love-God’s Mother
Published on 5th April, 2020, in Mid-day Between the 5th and 10th century C.E., we find the development of Puranic literature. Many stories explained the relationships of Vishnu’s many avatars. One story that merits attention is the story of Pradyumna,…
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View: Why Indians do not innovate
Published on 4th April, 2020, in the Economic Times Despite being highly creative, there are two reasons why Indians did not, and do not, innovate beyond the idea of ‘jugaad’ – contextual improvisations born of limitations that are generally not…
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How ‘dharma’ manifests in Vedas and Puranas
Who is a Hindu? How ‘dharma’ manifests in Vedas and Puranas Published on 29th March, 2020, in Mumbai Mirror The word ‘dharma’ first appears in the Rig Veda; but in a collection of a thousand hymns, the word dharma occurs…
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The Village Temple Co-operative
Published on 29th March, 2020, in Mid-day In ancient India, the village fields did not belong to any single person. There was no concept of individual land holdings. The entire land of the village belonged to the village community. Therefore,…
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Mythology As Politics
Published on 22nd March, 2020, in Mid-day As a child in Mumbai, I watched Rajan Uncle perform Chakyar Kootu. My parents were economic migrants from Odisha. My neighbours were from Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. And we got to see…
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Pilgrim Nation: The Making of Bharatvarsh
Before nationalists and patriots, before colonizers and invaders, before emperors and kings, India was woven together by pilgrim paths. Seekers and sages travelled north and south, east and west, across mountains and along rivers, ignoring artificial boundaries, seeking and finding…
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Beyond objectives are consequences
Published on 20th March, 2020, in the Economic Times Indian mythology is based on the principle of karma, where every action has an unforeseen reaction. There is no escape from consequences as everything has cause. This Indian paradigm shapes Hinduism,…
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Aryans of the Freedom Struggle
Published on 15th March, 2020, in Mumbai Mirror The British had long justified colonisation using different stories. Before the 1857 Uprising, they said British were saving Hinduism from oppression of Muslim rulers. They propagated the lie that they were using…