Stories
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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…
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China’s Buddhist Goddess
In China, a female Bodhisattva, Guanyin, came into being. This is her story.
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Is Buddha an avatar of Vishnu?
For Buddhists, Buddha is not an avatar of Vishnu. For Hindus, he may be.
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Big, bigger, biggest
The idea of measurement is a key theme in Hindu mythology: three measures of man are not quite the three measures of God.
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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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Mythology everywhere
Mythological films stand between fantasy films on one hand and historical films on the other.
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Unlimited Choice
The Ramayana is not a text; it is an evolving tradition; the many versions only enrich it further. You can choose the one that appeals to you.
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When the ascetic overpowered the nymph
He who never has sex tells society what kind of sex is appropriate and good.
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Left liberals, Hindutva followers do not like fluidity, nature: Devdutt Pattanaik in Twitter-Interview
Pattanaik speaks to dna and its readers via a Twitter chat on writing, his work and its relevance in society.
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An Interview with Flipkart
India’s best-known writer on mythology explains the relationship between his latest book and feminism, and questions a Western view of Hindu mythology as chaos.
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On Stories we Tell
Humans tell stories, because we need to. They tell us who we are in this world by giving the world a structure. Stories transform us into heroes, villains, victims and martyrs.
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May the Most Fertile Win
Stories are told to make us aware that what matters more than quantity is quality.
