Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Transgenders versus homosexuals
In Greek mythology, there are many stories of homosexual love: where men love men, and women love women. Apollo falls in love with Hyacinthus, while his sister Artemis drives Callisto away when she lets a man make her pregnant…
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Tale of two buildings
Outrage over demolition has nothing to do with rationality. It has to do with ‘meaning’…
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The hermit’s smile: How celibacy, non-violence and purity work to establish patriarchy in India
Of these, purity is the most lethal as it is here where we find the seed of the inhuman practice of untouchability…
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Glamour of vengeful gods
Faith now manifests not as patience, but as impatience, even intolerance…
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The impact of Abrahamic mythology
The tale of the Promised Land mirrors the tale of Eden: returning home to perfection…
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Mythology of equality
Nature has no favourites and every plant and every animal has to fend for itself to survive…
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Are Indian courts and activists denying the gods their gender and sexuality?
This de-sexing of gods and goddesses makes it difficult to explain the exclusion of women from the presence of celibate gods…
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Blasphemy and Sedition: Same Difference
Mythology can be secular as in the case of the nation-state where there is no God or gods. If there is a God it is We, The People…
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A ritual cleansing
Notions of reform are often based on ‘assumptions of deformity’, which are dependent on ‘assumptions of normality’…
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Prosecuting the Gods
Conversations that seek to ‘justify’ the actions of mythic figures often miss the point…
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Hinduism: Pre-Modern, Modern, Postmodern, Or Post-Postmodern?
What exactly is the best phrase to describe Hinduism? Or, what is the best approach to arrive at an appropriate description?…
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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…
