Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Articles
Myth as History
Most stories,tales,epics are not necessarily backed by solid,verfiable fact…
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Books
Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology
In this groundbreaking book Dr Devdutt Pattanaik, one of India’s most popular mythologists, seeks an answer to these apparent paradoxes and unravels an inherited truth about life and death, nature and culture, perfection and possibility…
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Articles
Karmic Debt and Karmic Equity
Sometimes,even the right path may have unforseen consequences.But we still need to take it.After all,the rewards too,are spectacular…
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Books
Shiva to Shankara: Giving Form to the Formless
Explains the phallic symbol of Shiva in detail…
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Interviews
Chief Belief Officer
Have joined Future Group (Big Bazaar et al.) in this exciting and radical new role…
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Articles
The Clothes of Draupadi
The disrobing of Draupadi is horrifying not simply for the terrible act of humiliating a woman in public- it is what it signifies – the collapse of dharma…
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Articles
Song of the Goat
What is it about a Tragedy that it remains imprinted on our minds far longer than any comedy or happy story does ?…
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Articles
Mr. & Mrs. Tarakki
Lets face it – even in todays’s so called modern world,being married automatically gives you respectability and stability…
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Articles
Symbols of Security
We do not realize how our fears and insecurities are played upon by others for their own benefit…
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Articles
Why is Wednesday called Wednesday?
What are the origins of the various names of our week ?…
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Articles
Waves of Varuna
Water – sometimes turbulent,most times tranquil,occasionally destructive but always ever changing and fluid…
