Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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The Constructions of Holy Books
The modern cosmopolitan urban Hindu often overlooks this history and these divisions perhaps because it is so much convenient to ‘unify the diversity’ of Hinduism through one book…
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The Rise of the Temple
A short history of temple building in India reveals interesting little details…
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Walk Through The Vedas
Over 3000 years of transmission through story,song,symbol and ritual…
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What Darshan Means
The high point of Hindu rituals is the act of darshan – looking at the image of the deity…
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Caste Again
Caste viewed in a rebirth framework is very different from caste viewed in a one-life framework…
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Interviews
Interviewing Wendy Doniger
Not the ‘media-edited’ one that was published in Sunday Midday, 25 Oct 2009…
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Butter or Blood
The similarity between the apparently dissimiliar Bhagavata Krishna and the Mahabharata Krishna…
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Kal Bhairav’s dog
What does the dog represent in Hindu mythology that renders it inauspicious?…
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On Krishna’s chariot stands Shikhandi
Westernization has not changed bedroom habits; it has simply led to an embarrassed denial of our sacred scriptures…
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Did Homosexuality exist in ancient India?
Homosexuals existed but were almost invisible in Indian history…
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Mythology in Films
This is a pointer to my talk in the conference on “Literature and Films” at the Film Institute, Pune, on 22 March 2009…
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A God Like Us
Who is this Brahma? the creator of our world? Creator of our values and judgments and issues?…
