Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Spa-walla Buddha
Today when you think of Buddha, he has become a spa icon. You can go to any health spa for a massage, a steam or a jacuzzi and there in front of you, you will find an image of Buddha,…
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Vedanta and LGBTIQ
A selective understanding of the faith by those who control social discourse is the tragedy of Hinduism…
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High cost of diversity
Can we say that India’s diversity is the reason why it seems ‘chaotic’?…
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Books
Devlok 3: With Devdutt Pattanaik
After the enormous success of the first two seasons of EPIC Channel’s Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik, India’s favourite mythologist is back with a third instalment to answer these questions and more, this time delving deeper into Hinduism and other religions as well!…
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Global misogyny
One finds misogyny in some form or the other in every religion, if one is looking for it. One will find respect for women too, in every religion, if one is looking for it…
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Cultural leadership: hierarchy in the east and individualism in the west
A cultural understanding of leadership, an appreciation of cultural differences, work at a collective or statistical level, not at an individual level…
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Who is a Hindu? The making of Hindu anger
Can a religion be objectively criticised? Whose criticism must be taken seriously — the outsider’s or the insider’s? …
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The Hindu concept of debt
This idea of a karmic balance sheet is not found in the Vedic period but emerges in the Upanishadic period, especially after the rise of monastic orders…
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Who is a Hindu? Diversity unites, homogeneity divides
Unlike Westerners, Hindus have been comfortable seeing unity in diversity for thousands of years…
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Is Hinduism feminist or patriarchal?
In Hinduism, God is not a judge and so feminism is not about judging men…
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Were Hindus always casteist?
Note: the word caste is a European word for clan that is used for the Indian system of jati. The word jati, in turn, is confused with the Vedic system of varna…
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Who is a Hindu? No false gods in Hinduism
Secular media would like to reduce Hindutva attacks on missionaries into a simple villain-victim narrative, but those interested in going deeper will realise it has much to do with the incompatibility of their respective mythologies…
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Don’t Blame The God Particle
Nature was self-sufficient. It contained both platitude and violence. Humans begat God as a symbol, to derive meaning, to forge identity. Not God’s fault…
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How can a Medical Doctor be a Mythologist?
By turning all knowledge that cannot be measured or proven using scientific principles into falsehood, scientists risk turning into power-brokers…
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Who is a hindu? Is the world my family?
Not everyone embraced the philosophy ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbhakam.’ Here’s why…
