Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Who is a Hindu? No false gods in Hinduism
Secular media would like to reduce Hindutva attacks on missionaries into a simple villain-victim narrative, but those interested in going deeper will realise it has much to do with the incompatibility of their respective mythologies…
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How can a Medical Doctor be a Mythologist?
By turning all knowledge that cannot be measured or proven using scientific principles into falsehood, scientists risk turning into power-brokers…
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Rituals, not belief
Hindu unity is sought by looking for the familiar, and ignoring the unfamiliar. There is no idea of a ‘false’ god…
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Hutatma, the martyr-witness
At the heart of martyrdom is the idea of clinging. And this is why it is not a central theme in mythologies based on karma, where liberation (moksha) follows only when you let go!…
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How India favoured the kshatriya feudalism to market-based economies of vaishya
The discomfort with all things associated with the market can be seen in India when holy men warn people not to be bhogi (seek satisfaction of desires), when desire for goods and services and ideas is what creates the market, with the goods provided by the craftsmen, the service by the shudras, and the ideas…
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Why entrepreneurs are being viewed as social smugglers.
Nobility was linked to poverty and service. Those who sought to generate wealth were viewed as distorted by greed…
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Defining Hinduism
WHO IS A HINDU? How a quest to define the faith has resulted in a shift of power away from the common man…
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Balancing the Love Charger
Few are able to handle that a good person can do a bad thing too. Just as it is possible for a bad person to do a good thing…
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Why do Hindus worship cows?
Hindus don’t just worship cows. They also worship cobras and monkeys and elephants, as finite forms of the infinite divine…
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Did arrival of Muslim invaders a thousand years ago destroy Hindu culture?
Published on 31st May, 2017, on www.dailyo.in . The arrival of Muslim invaders a thousand years ago dramatically transformed the Hindu culture. Like in any invasion, there was destruction, mayhem and trauma. Hindu Kush in Afghanistan literally means ‘killer of Hindu (slaves)’ during early phase of this invasion and the ruins of Vijayanagara by a…
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Evangelism, Crusades, Inquisition
Evangelism, Crusades and Inquisition are three terms that come to us from Christian history…
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Imagining a nation’s past
Government imaginaries are usually of two types: reforming imaginaries and reclaiming imaginaries…
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The Roadside Shrine
In India, a temple, a mosque or a church can appear just about anywhere and become a pilgrim spot…
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What exactly is the Manusmriti?
Many assume Mansumriti to be the law book of Hindus. It is not…
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How to spot a lesbian in sacred Indian art
Is it our discomfort with homosexuality that makes us believe that it cannot be part of the sacred?…
