Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Queer Gaze for the Indian Tourist
A manifestation of thought, temples like the hidden verses of epics, have unseen images on their walls. What you understand depends on what you want to see…
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Transgenders in Buddhism
After attaining Buddha-hood, the Buddha went to meet his mother in heaven, and share his wisdom with her. In many retellings, in her new life in heaven, Buddha’s mother is a god with a male body, for she had earned enough merits as Buddha’s mother to gain a male body in her future life…
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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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Descendants of Chitragupta
In one story, popular in the Gangetic plains, the god of death, Yama, wanted a scribe to help him keep a record of people’s karma. And so Brahma created Chitragupta (he who knows the secrets of diagrams i.e. scripts), who held in his hand a pen and inkpot…
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Is tribalism better than casteism?
While people decry the lower rate of inter-caste marriages in India, they don’t decry the low rates of inter-tribe marriages in India. The former is seen as indicator of casteism but the latter is not seen as indicator of tribalism…
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Belief shapes our behaviour
Belief shapes behaviour. When we see behaviour we can decode the underlying belief. However, the opposite is not true…
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Books
Tamil: 7 Secrets of Hindu Calendar Art
Translated version of 7 Secrets of Hindu Calendar Art Hindu mythology abounds with fascinating gods, goddesses and characters whose visual representations — through calendar art — are equally colourful. Hindu calendar art may seem fantastic and kitsch, but it is in fact the most democratic expression of a mythic imagery that was once restricted to…
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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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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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Is One Belt, One Road the Chinese ashwamedha?
How China’s mythology influences its politics…
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Facebook LiveVideos
28 Days 28 Secrets
The Puranas are just like a jigsaw puzzle – lets try and solve their secrets together…
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Dr Pattanaik’s Events in the United States of America, 2016
The list of Dr Pattanaik’s events in the United States of America, dated between late September, 2016 and early October, 2016…
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Recommended Reads
A list of books written by Dr Pattanaik to be highligted for the US Tour…
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Interviews
Devdutt Pattanaik on how and why you should introduce your kids to mythology
India’s mythology man speaks about the relevance of mythology in today’s world and why you should be telling mythological stories to your kids…
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When audience was customer
In an Indian classical music and dance performance, the artiste blooms as the audience responds to the performance…
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The Geography of Knowledge
Why have we given the West authority to determine limits of management studies?…