Greek
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How many gods must our judicial system please?
Hindu wisdom seems incompatible with our courts, where the state almost becomes a jealous God who can throw whoever it deems unfit into hell.
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Why I Insist On Calling Myself a Mythologist
Devdutt Pattanaik refuses to accept colonial definitions of the words ‘myth’ and ‘mythology’. For him, mythology is the study of a subjective truth of people that is communicated through stories, symbols and rituals.
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No resting in peace
RIP reveals that even in modern times we want to believe that after death there is something that needs ‘rest’ and ‘peace’.
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Diversity of all religions
Every successful religion has a force that creates unity and a counterforce that creates diversity.
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Gazing at a dying god
In the run-up to Rath Yatra, a magical night spent inside the Jagannath temple.
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The Geography of Knowledge
Why have we given the West authority to determine limits of management studies?
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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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Devdutt Pattanaik on ‘Olympus’
Dr Pattanaik speaks about his new book, ‘Olympus: An Indian Retelling of Greek Myths’
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In justice we trust
Humans hope for a world where the crime is seen without factoring in the estate or titles of the accused.
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God of Sunday
Why was the first day of the week associated with the Sun, no one knows. It is one of those mysteries of history that remain unresolved.
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Rebirth of a God
The rituals by which Jagannatha, the presiding deity of Puri, Odisha, will die and be reborn along with his sister Subhadra and his elder brother Balabhadra and his weapon, the Sudarshana.
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Rape in the Bible
How we forget the victim/survivor as we turn her body into the arena of our politics.
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How Edicts Helped Ashoka
How did the king establish his power in his absence? He needed to establish monuments, pillars with his symbol: the lion, leaving no one in doubt about who was in charge. And then, putting across edicts stating clearly his goals…
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Bromances from mythology
Our ancient texts are about all kinds of unions. Modern India could do with some catching up.
