Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator

Translations

  • Two Birds in Jaipur

    Two Birds in Jaipur

    About the vast wisdom imbibed in our ancient texts,waiting to enlighten us…

  • Burden of Unity

    Burden of Unity

    A thousand different languages,scripts,food,castes,religions,political views and beliefs and they all unite to make one India…

  • Indian Thought via Western Eye

    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…

  • In Defence of the Buffalo

    In Defence of the Buffalo

    Can the word ‘evil’ be translated in Hindi or, for that matter, any Indian language?…

  • The Constructions of Holy Books

    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…

  • Babbling in India

    Babbling in India

    English is the new Sanskrit and the language of India’s creamy layer…

  • Elusive Truth

    Elusive Truth

    Who makes the truth? Can truth be made?…

  • Ride to Heaven

    Ride to Heaven

    The idea of heaven is often used to seduce mankind…

  • Meeting of Hearts and Minds

    Meeting of Hearts and Minds

    Why haldi and kumkum before chaval ?…

  • By the banks of the Yamuna

    By the banks of the Yamuna

    She is known as the dark,melancholy One…

  • My interview in Sunday Hindu

    My interview in Sunday Hindu

    A chat with Paromita Pain…

  • Forbidden Foods

    Forbidden Foods

    Religious food restrictions are not only about piety, but also about identity…

  • Mythic Evolution

    Mythic Evolution

    So did man evolve from animals? Why?…

  • My Work as Chief Belief Officer

    My Work as Chief Belief Officer

    Chief Belief Officer was a designation created by the Future Group just to draw attention to the value of ‘belief’ in business…

  • Black gods and White gods

    Black gods and White gods

    Why Krishna is blue, not black….and why Kali when domesticated becomes white…

  • What is unnatural?

    What is unnatural?

    The word ‘unnatural’ that is found in IPC 377 cannot have an Indian origin…

  • Don’t stop that Babbling

    Don’t stop that Babbling

    You say “Potato” I say “Potatoh” but we are still referring to the same vegetable,are we not ?…

  • Applying Meaning to Management With Ancient Hindu Mythology

    Washington Post Foreign Service.  Monday, January 26, 2009. — Fifteen young managers with a top …