Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Is Hinduism A Religion, A Myth Or Something Else?
Words are not ‘objective truths’ as we assume, but ‘subjective truths’, imbued with power and embedded in politics…
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Passport shame: What’s really at the heart of the California textbook row on Hinduism?
It is a battle that will not die down, for it reveals a great split in the Indian American community…
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14 things historians taught me
The best thing they passed on is that no knowledge is fixed and finite…
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Ghosts look for home
In a few weeks, many Hindus will observe Pitr-paksha, the fortnight of the ancestors, when it is said that Yama-loka or the land of the dead will be closest to Bhhu-loka, the land of the living…
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No resting in peace
RIP reveals that even in modern times we want to believe that after death there is something that needs ‘rest’ and ‘peace’. …
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The Geography of Knowledge
Why have we given the West authority to determine limits of management studies?…
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Unable to Plan
Why are Indians famous for glamorizing last minute rush and imperfect closures?…
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Rape in the Bible
How we forget the victim/survivor as we turn her body into the arena of our politics…
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How Edicts Helped Ashoka
How did the king establish his power in his absence? He needed to establish monuments, pillars with his symbol: the lion, leaving no one in doubt about who was in charge. And then, putting across edicts stating clearly his goals and expectations…
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The power of myth explained
Key points of Devdutt Pattanaik’s talk at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2015…
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Vegetarianism and the idea of untouchability
The simple act of eating vegetarian food has become more political than it ever was…
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Discovery may actually be Re-discovery
Those who believe in discovery lean towards the linear mindset. Those who believe in re-discovery lean towards the cyclical mindset…
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A brief history of Vedic thought
When we try and study Vedic thought, we realize that we have to do a kind of mental archaeology, digging through layers of literature and ideas…
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Differential Values
Everyone assumes they have values. Problem is that their values are different from other people’s values…
