Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Articles
Rape in the Bible
How we forget the victim/survivor as we turn her body into the arena of our politics…
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Who’s That King?
The legend of Prester John, apart from its curiosity value, really helped stimulate exploration of the far east and Asia…
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Articles
Self-styled saints and registered saints
To be a saint, one not only needs to be holy (that can be disputed) but also have followers (that can be proved)…
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Love in the time of hate
Young India needs to find the strength and patience to face the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of India, find innovative ways to live together in diversity, and not be afraid of rapidly changing ecosystems…
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Interviews
An Interview with Flipkart
India’s best-known writer on mythology explains the relationship between his latest book and feminism, and questions a Western view of Hindu mythology as chaos…
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Articles
So what if Ganesha had plastic surgery?
This is not a page out of mythological fiction novel. This is what some people believe happened in India’s past, long ago…
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Articles
The Good Death
Euthanasia means a good death and is a term used for an old or sick person voluntarily choosing death to relieve himself/herself of pain and suffering either by refusing treatment, or by asking the assistance of a doctor to facilitate his/her death either actively (administering a poison, for example) or passively (not administering a treatment,…
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Articles
A Change of Language
Language is dynamic. And since words create worlds, the world is dynamic. This dynamism is seen in religion too…
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Articles
One or many faces of Divinity
In a world that is increasingly realizing the value of diversity, there needs to be diversity in how one is allowed to approach the divine…
