Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Kill the Apsara
We have valorized the tapasvin who rejects seduction, provocation, allurement, pleasure, enchantment. This is the very essence of censorship…
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How we read mythology
To appreciate Hindu mythology, we have to agree to Hindu assumptions. That is difficult since the modern world is firmly based on Western assumptions…
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Wipe out my memories, please
Can we wipe it out? Yes, says yoga, when it recommends the eight-fold path…
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Dark Clouds Looming
The darkness was associated with the forest and fairness with the rain, darkness with wilderness and fairness with civilization. One was not better than the other. Both were needed for the circle of life…
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Palanquin for the King, or Boat for the People
How does a king, who is established through division, establish a kingdom that is united?…
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Elusive Ownership
When something belongs to me, I have the freedom to order it around. I also want to protect and nourish it…
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The Glamorization of Alcohol
When the gods churned the ocean of milk, amongst the many treasures that emerged there was a lady called Varuni, daughter of the sea-god Varuna, who was the goddess of wine. Actually goddess of alcohol, but wine sounds so much better than alcohol…
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The Meaninglessness of Rituals
Rituals have no intrinsic meaning. But that does not mean they are not valuable…
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Whose Mission is it Anyway?
Every corporation is encouraged to have a mission statement. It is the common goal we are told that everyone has to align to…
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The Architecture of Fear
A knowledge of fear is critical in management if one accepts that humans are animals with imagination, who cannot be domesticated using reason…
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The Good Death
Euthanasia means a good death and is a term used for an old or sick person voluntarily choosing death to relieve himself/herself of pain and suffering either by refusing treatment, or by asking the assistance of a doctor to facilitate his/her death either actively (administering a poison, for example) or passively (not administering a treatment,…
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Masculine and Feminine Leaders
The male brain and the female brain are really not structurally different but one is drenched in testosterone and the other is drenched in oestrogen and so there are bound to be differences in how men and women react to crises. Upbringing and education contributes to differences…
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Queer Enchantment
Yes, Indic mythology is full of queer stories. But few are aware of it. And those who are not aware of it, usually assume they don’t exist…
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May the Most Fertile Win
Stories are told to make us aware that what matters more than quantity is quality…
