2024
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Indian Knowledge Systems
The first list of an educational syllabus in India comes from the Chandogya Upanishad, when the Sanatakumar sages ask Narada what subjects he is proficient in.
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Wear the Mythical: Devdutt’s Store Launches Today!
Introducing the captivating illustrations of Devdutt Pattanaik on unique bold t-shirts for men, women and kids showcasing his striking visual style.Blending ancient wisdom with contemporary aesthetics, each original illustration is based on his insightful interpretations of Indian mythology, and is…
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Were Our Hindu Gods Meat-eaters?
Hinduism is a plural religion, an umbrella term for many jatis, sampradayas and paramparas, some of whom may be vegetarian some of the time, or not at all.
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Shiva for parents , for children , for couples and for the yogi
7 Secrets of ShivaSmeared with ash, draped in animal hide, he sits atop the snow-capped mountain, skull in hand, withdrawn, with dogs for company, destroying the world with his indifference. He is God who the Goddess shall awaken. His name…
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How We Tell Our Histories
A lot of history depends on consensus and institutional approval. No nation-state, for example, will present a history that shows it in a negative light.
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The Many Mythologies of God
Hindus have a very complex idea of god. God is not all powerful. Nature and karma serve as the background in which God exists.
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Did Europeans Steal Science from the Vedas?
These are two very different ways of looking at the world and to compare the two is nothing but silliness, stupidity, born of insecurity.
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Ramayana For Atheists
Atheists do not believe in God. They see themselves as scientific and rational, and find God to be a superstition.
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How Faith Destroys Historical Facts
Believers always prefer matters of faith and get irritated with matters of science.
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What Makes Ramayana “Curiously Modern”?
Ramayana is a curiously modern book, because it deals with CONSENT. Both male and female.
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How Ramayana and Mahabharata Spread the Idea of Dharma
The earliest Ramayana retellings do not refer to the Lakshman rekha. The earliest Mahabharata retellings do not refer to Draupadi’s vastra-haran.
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Rama Beyond the Hindi Belt
There are several hundred Ramayanas beyond the Hindi belt, composed in the last 2,000 years, that deserve equal respect.
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Is Governance a Yagna?
The word yagna is translated even today by eminent scholars as sacrifice, or fire-sacrifice, or fire-ritual.
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Pushpak Viman Was a Wooden Peacock
Pushpak Viman of Ravana was shaped like a peacock. The origin of this idea comes from an old Sri Lankan folk tale.
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Land of the Gods in Uttarakhand
When we speak of the northernmost point of sacred India, we refer not to Kashmir but to Uttarakhand, source of the major sacred rivers of India: Ganga and Yamuna.
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The Return of Idolatry
As Hindu Rashtra prepares to establish itself with the grand inauguration of the Ram temple of Ayodhya on January 22, it is good to remind ourselves that 200 years ago, the Hindu elite was defensive and apologetic about Hindu idolatry.