Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Its 5000 years old
History has never held so much importance for India as have popular notions.Perhaps,thats why much of of it is not as accurate as that of the West…
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Indian Thought via Western Eye
It is very difficult to reach a middle ground when the two parties involved are fundamentally different-in thought and cultural upbringing…
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Push and Pull
The charioteer has to know when to wield the whip and when to loosen the reins…
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Interviews
What economist, Bibek Debroy, has to say about “Jaya”.
This isn’t an illustrated retelling of the Mahabharata. While it is that, it shouldn’t be looked at as only that. It is much more than that and perhaps this narrow interpretation has deterred people, who look at the title and the cover, without getting into what the book actually contains…
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In Defence of the Buffalo
Can the word ‘evil’ be translated in Hindi or, for that matter, any Indian language?…
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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…
