Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Who is a guru?
Different people in different contexts use the word guru differently to refer to different kinds of people…
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How Devdutt Saved Buddhism
Buddha Had A Cousin Who Often Argued With Him And Opposed Him. His Name Was Devdutt, Or Devadatta. He Was Also Buddha’s Brother-In-Law…
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The Jealous God of Science
Published on 26th November, 2017, in Bangalore Mirror. Western scholars often state that Indians do not have a sense of history. Rows over films like Padmavati confirm that. Unlike their Chinese, Arabic and Greek counterparts, ancient and medieval Indians show little interest in historical documentation, except maybe land grants on copper plates or stone walls…
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Books
I Am Divine So Are You
How Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism affirm the dignity of queer identities and sexualities. …
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India’s New Age gurus believe sexuality may be fluid – but not brutal structures of caste, gender
They have fine-tuned Indian philosophy to pacify middle-class guilt about wealth and power while amplifying guilt over pleasure that could disrupt social norms…
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Does Hinduism have anything to say about mind, perception and cognition?
The word “spirituality”, which is about self-discovery leans towards the former, and the word “religion”, which is about social engineering leans towards the latter…
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Who is a Hindu? Karma, caste and free will.
Is Hinduism fatalistic? The answer depends on the context…
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Defining Hinduism
WHO IS A HINDU? How a quest to define the faith has resulted in a shift of power away from the common man…
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The myth of Cultural Marxism
While Classical, or Material, Marxism is based on tangible wealth (haves and have-nots), Cultural Marxism is based on intangible structures of power (privileged and unprivileged)…
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God’s Marital Status
Is celibacy or singleness a prerequisite to seek an ideal world? It’s another matter that marital pleasures are fine for temple deities with their consorts…
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Interviews
Interview with Author — Mr Devdutt Pattanaik by aarohpalkar
Published on 31st July, 2017, on https://aarohpalkar.wordpress.com. With a total of 30 books on his portfolio and 600 columns published by major news outlets, Mr Devdutt Pattanaik shows no signs of stopping. A former medical professional by trade, Mr Pattanaik considers studying and writing about mythology his true calling. Mr Pattanaik’s known worldwide for writing…
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Interviews
The mythology of one god is what we call religion
The interpreter of mythology explains the importance of pluralism and diversity…
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Why do Hindus prefer birth anniversaries to death anniversaries?
In Hinduism, memory of death prevents progress, wisdom and liberation…
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Ireland’s mythology tells us why it is not surprising that its next PM is the son of an immigrant
Leo Varadkar, whose father is Indian and mother Irish, was voted leader of the country’s main governing party recently…
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Itihasa is not fantasy
Itihasa is not fantasy; it is not history either at least not in Sanskrit…
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Did arrival of Muslim invaders a thousand years ago destroy Hindu culture?
Published on 31st May, 2017, on www.dailyo.in . The arrival of Muslim invaders a thousand years ago dramatically transformed the Hindu culture. Like in any invasion, there was destruction, mayhem and trauma. Hindu Kush in Afghanistan literally means ‘killer of Hindu (slaves)’ during early phase of this invasion and the ruins of Vijayanagara by a…