Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Celebration of uniqueness
The strong matters as it will survive; the weak matters because it enables others to survive…
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Birth of Death
To die, you must be alive, crave for life, withdraw from threats, seek protection and nourishment…
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Hearing Sita’s Silence
Draupadi as she screams for blood and demands vengeance, and not the quiet Sita who bears the brunt of Ram’s rule-following and decision-making…
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Beloved of Dushyant
I am no theatre critic but it was interesting to see how the same mythic framework of falling in love, separation, anticipation, rejection and finally reconciliation can be applied to a romantic story between a man and a woman as well as between a man and a man…
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How do you tell a story like the Ramayana?
The epic is like a river. It flows where it will, resisting narrow interpretations…
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Desperately Seeking a Role Model
In many ways our quest for the perfect role model failed us because life is not perfect and humans are not perfect…
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The Doubtful Reality of Histories
History, for the rishis, is how we use imagination to make sense of the world…
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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…
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The Wheel has Many Spokes
At the center of the Indian national flag is a wheel. What does it represent?…
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My US Trip, Oct ’13
A few details regarding my trip (October 2013) to the United States of America…
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Mahabharat – MahaSutra
Stay tuned to “Mahabharat”, every Monday to Friday, 8:30 PM onwards only on STAR Plus…
