Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Secret of Tantra
Tantra – a rather unfairly treated ritual form whose layers are very rarely unfolded with an unprejudiced mind…
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Myth as History
Most stories,tales,epics are not necessarily backed by solid,verfiable fact…
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Books
Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology
In this groundbreaking book Dr Devdutt Pattanaik, one of India’s most popular mythologists, seeks an answer to these apparent paradoxes and unravels an inherited truth about life and death, nature and culture, perfection and possibility…
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Karmic Debt and Karmic Equity
Sometimes,even the right path may have unforseen consequences.But we still need to take it.After all,the rewards too,are spectacular…
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Shiva to Shankara: Giving Form to the Formless
Explains the phallic symbol of Shiva in detail…
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The Clothes of Draupadi
The disrobing of Draupadi is horrifying not simply for the terrible act of humiliating a woman in public- it is what it signifies – the collapse of dharma…
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Song of the Goat
What is it about a Tragedy that it remains imprinted on our minds far longer than any comedy or happy story does ?…
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Mr. & Mrs. Tarakki
Lets face it – even in todays’s so called modern world,being married automatically gives you respectability and stability…
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Symbols of Security
We do not realize how our fears and insecurities are played upon by others for their own benefit…
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Waves of Varuna
Water – sometimes turbulent,most times tranquil,occasionally destructive but always ever changing and fluid…
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Why is Wednesday called Wednesday?
What are the origins of the various names of our week ?…
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Troy: From myth to history
Perhaps they did not realize the consequences of inviting the wrath of the Gods…
