Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Articles
Diversity and Inclusion is a radical idea in the West because of monotheism
In the USA, a section of activists prefer the word ‘birthing people’ to ‘mothers’. This …
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Three Global Gifts From Indian Civilisation
Published on 14th August, 2022, in Mid-day. Culture creates ideas. Civilisation shares ideas. Can India …
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Is Celibacy Unnatural or Supernatural?
Published on 18th December, 2021, in Times of India. Celibacy is an unnatural act in …
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What Creates Culture Also Creates Cult
Published on 5th November, 2021, in The Hindu. Cult refers to religious groups, or brainwashed …
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Vegetarianism Is About Contentment Overpowering Consumption
Published on 30th October, 2021, in Economic Times. Vegetarian habits were less about non-violence and …
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Origins of Nepotism
Published on 9th July, 2021, in Economic Times These days, business families are including their …
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Taoist Way Of Contentment
Published on 7th February, 2021, in Mid-day. Before Buddhism, China had two dominant worldviews: Confucianism …
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Love in simplified Chinese is without a heart
Published on 18th October, 2019, in Economic Times In China, there are many dialects and …
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Raising Hindu kids in America
Published on 21st July, 2019, in Mumbai Mirror How do you teach a child about …
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Podcasts
Keeping it Queer: S02E20
On this episode of Keeping it Queer, author Devdutt Pattanaik joins Navin Noronha to …
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Articles
Does Hinduism have anything to say about mind, perception and cognition?
The word “spirituality”, which is about self-discovery leans towards the former, and the word “religion”, which is about social engineering leans towards the latter…
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How did the world come into being according to Hinduism?
What comes first, mind or matter?…
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Interviews
The mythology of one god is what we call religion
The interpreter of mythology explains the importance of pluralism and diversity…
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Books
Culture: 50 Insights from Mythology
Culture: 50 Insights from Mythology is a groundbreaking work that contextualizes mythology and proposes that myths are alive, dynamic, shaped by perception and the times one lives in…
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Historians too should share the blame for the rise of religious radicalism
It is easy to blame radical politicians and religious leaders for igniting the spark. But let’s not forget those who fuel the fire…
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Interviews
Shiv Visvanathan on the importance of being (and thinking like) Devdutt Pattanaik
‘Devdutt Pattanaik is an exponent of myths, using them to analyse management practice, deepen storytelling, and obtain a sense of life and living.’…
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Articles
Passport shame: What’s really at the heart of the California textbook row on Hinduism?
It is a battle that will not die down, for it reveals a great split in the Indian American community…
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14 things historians taught me
The best thing they passed on is that no knowledge is fixed and finite…