Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Books
Malayalam : Shikhandi and Other Tales They Don’t Tell You
Translation of Shikhandi: And Other Tales They Don’t Tell You…
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Articles
INFINITY HAS NO BOUNDARIES
Indian ancient religions are actually very accepting of gay people…
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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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Books
Hindi: I Am Divine So Are You
Translation of I Am Divine. So Are You: How Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism Affirm the …
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Articles
Trishanku in America or those betwixt and between
Trishanku is a famous character in Hindu mythology who hangs upside down between heaven and earth, belonging nowhere…
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Interviews
‘Lazy minds often confuse mythology with history’
In this interview with Latha Srinivasan, author Devdutt Pattanaik talks about the central role mythologies play in shaping societies, and how liberal values can be derived from tradition…
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Articles
How to Conduct a Same-sex Wedding Based on Indian Rituals
The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls in love; rather, wholeness or completeness in Hinduism can be understood as rising to the fullness of one’s true self and expanding the arena of one’s selfhood (brah — to expand, manas…
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Interviews
Devdutt Pattanaik Reveals The Queer History Hidden In Indian Mythology
Fluidity can be accommodated only with love, not anger…
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Articles
The Excluded Ones
I heard that in the entire “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, no two female …
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Articles
Hatred is not Divine
when someone says that homosexuality is not ‘approved’ by Hinduism, they are missing the whole point of Hinduism…
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Articles
My US Trip, Oct ’13
A few details regarding my trip (October 2013) to the United States of America…
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Books
Fun In Devlok Omnibus: By Devdutt
A compilation of all the Devlok books, in a splendid Omnibus!…
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Interviews
Reviews of Myth = Mithya
Tehelka, Oct 28, 2006. Hitch-hikers, here’s your guide to the Hindu multiverse and all the …
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Books
Man Who Was A Woman: And Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore
The world changes with time and with it human behavior and social law…
