Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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The power of myth explained
Key points of Devdutt Pattanaik’s talk at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2015…
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How many times should we do it, God?
How similar people are around the world, in different times, in different places, for all their apparent differences…
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Delightful truths of cult leaders
To be a cult leader you need to have fans who believe everything you say, evidence notwithstanding, and are willing to attack, sometimes violently, those who criticise you or your ideas…
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In a Traditional Relationship With Shiny Surfaces
The greatest tragedy in the world is not to be able to see oneself…
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Sacredness has an Expiry Date
Muhurat may end but it also eventually, inevitably, comes back…
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Putting Focus in Perspective
A focused man does not let his mind waver with thought. A man of perspective is fully aware of the consequence of all his action. The former can make one a thoughtless actor. The latter can make one a paralyzed thinker…
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The Right to be a Philistine
It’s a pattern that is so repetitive that you realize it has become a trap – for both those who mock and those who celebrate philistinism…
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On Bhagavata
Since there are infinite levels of wisdom, there are infinite ways of seeing the same thing…
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Discovery may actually be Re-discovery
Those who believe in discovery lean towards the linear mindset. Those who believe in re-discovery lean towards the cyclical mindset…
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The Unpredictable Animal
Relationships are never predictable. And this has been the bane of the corporate world…
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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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Violence and Gita
Ramayana and Mahabharata valorise not war so much as the pursuit of social obligation, even while engaging in long discussions on the morality of war…
