Greek
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Middlemen In God’s Market
Published on 11th September, 2017, in Outlook. It is human to try and understand nature and use that knowledge to improve the quality of life. The forager did it. The hunter did it. The fisherman, the herdsman and the farmer…
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God’s Marital Status
Is celibacy or singleness a prerequisite to seek an ideal world? It’s another matter that marital pleasures are fine for temple deities with their consorts.
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Interview with Author — Mr Devdutt Pattanaik by aarohpalkar
Published on 31st July, 2017, on https://aarohpalkar.wordpress.com. With a total of 30 books on his portfolio and 600 columns published by major news outlets, Mr Devdutt Pattanaik shows no signs of stopping. A former medical professional by trade, Mr Pattanaik…
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The fascinating design of the Jewish Bible
This written word of God, written in Hebrew, is read out in the Jewish synagogue regularly.
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Ireland’s mythology tells us why it is not surprising that its next PM is the son of an immigrant
Leo Varadkar, whose father is Indian and mother Irish, was voted leader of the country’s main governing party recently.
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What exactly happens after death according to Hinduism?
The simple answer is, we can either be reborn (punar-janma) and experience life once again, or be liberated (moksha) from the cycle of rebirth (samsara). However, the answer is a bit more complex if we see it geographically and historically.
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The big question: Is yoga for power or fitness, wisdom or devotion?
Today, any understanding of yoga is often obscured by a grand media war to dominate the discourse on yoga.
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Mythological Connections Between Greece and India – Playlist
A talk by Devdutt Pattanaik, author of the book: Olympus: An Indian Retelling of the Greek Myths at the IIC, New Delhi.
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Who made God Perfect?
When Shiva and Vishnu merge into one being Hari-Hara, to show they are the same, not different, not higher or lower.
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The House of the Superstar
Temples are built for heroes and heroines, by their fans in our country. Are these fans, or devotees?
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Revenge as nobility
Before surrendering to the court, the general secretary of the AIADMK party, V K Sasikala visited the memorial of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and struck her palm three times on Jayalalitha’s grave, an act of slamming that…
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Question for the Alt-Fact world: Why can’t truth be plural?
When truth is singular, it becomes a territory and thus, a battlefield.
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FB Live: 18th January, 2017
Devdutt on Facebook Live talking about Tiresias and Bhangashvana (refer page 84, Olympus)
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FB Live: 17th January, 2017
Devdutt on Facebook Live talking about Achilles’ Heel (refer page 168, Olympus)
