Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Who’s That King?
The legend of Prester John, apart from its curiosity value, really helped stimulate exploration of the far east and Asia…
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Interviews
The Idea of the Indian City — a conversation with Devdutt Pattanaik
In conversation with Devdutt Pattanaik, and how he interprets the Idea of the Indian City in context of the rapidly urbanising contemporary India of today…
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Interviews
An Interview with Flipkart
India’s best-known writer on mythology explains the relationship between his latest book and feminism, and questions a Western view of Hindu mythology as chaos…
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Articles
On Stories we Tell
Humans tell stories, because we need to. They tell us who we are in this world by giving the world a structure. Stories transform us into heroes, villains, victims and martyrs…
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New avatar for old crusades
For the Muslim world secularism, rationality, liberalism and democracy are just new avatars of their old Christian foes…
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Dark Clouds Looming
The darkness was associated with the forest and fairness with the rain, darkness with wilderness and fairness with civilization. One was not better than the other. Both were needed for the circle of life…
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The Hijra Legacy
The Supreme Court of India has finally recognised hijras as the third gender. This must be seen as a victory of ‘Indian culture’…
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That Delightful Honeymoon
In the mouths of political celibates, the word ‘honeymoon’ can become vulgar. But the word itself is full of tenderness, anxieties and aspirations of newly weds…
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A Change of Language
Language is dynamic. And since words create worlds, the world is dynamic. This dynamism is seen in religion too…
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No Diversity in Babel
Yes, diversity creates conflict and competition but it also allows for the rising of new ideas…
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The imagined absence of feudalism
While the feudal orders are frowned by the new world of politics and economics, the human desire to dominate cannot be underestimated…
