Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Seeing Mahabharata from the Point of View of the Forest
“When Might Is Right: Seeing Mahabharata from the Point of View of the Forest.” Published …
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Goddess of Economics: Money Has Value Only When It’s Circulated
Published on 21st September, 2019, in Economic Times Buddhism is a religion where you are …
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Sea-faring Kaundinya
Published on 8th June, 2019, in Mid-day. If you travel to Cambodia, you will come …
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The sorcery of Harut and Marut
Published on 2nd June, 2019 in Mid-day. In Middle Eastern (aka Islamic) mythology, when god …
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War-room culture celebrates violence where competition is seen as the enemy
Published on 31st May, 2019 in Economic Times. Many corporate houses love to have a …
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A temple for a dog
Dogs are associated with Yama, who is the keeper of dharma. One of the meanings of dharma is the obligation of human beings to repay debts to ancestors, sages, gods, nature and society…
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Narada, the cursed
In the Puranas, we are told that Narada, the mind, was born from the thoughts of Brahma, and like all sages had the knowledge of Brahma vidya, or the ultimate truth of the world. He would go around the world sharing this knowledge and enabling people to break the cycle of birth and death. …
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Suleiman and the djinns
The right-wing communities around the world have one common feature: they believe there is only one truth and that truth is theirs. Therefore, they have a problem with other mythologies and science. …
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Love for Notre Dame
Published on 5th May, 2019, in Mid-day. Notre Dame means Our Lady in French. Though …
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Mantra for VUCA markets: Adapt rather than align
Modern Management is not based on rationality. It is based on two mythic constructs. Both these constructs originate from the West. The first is the Biblical construct and the second is the Greek construct…
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Hinduism and Buddhism
Published on 28th April, 2019, in Mumbai Mirror. It was in the 19th Century that …
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Dogs of the gods
Published on 28th April, 2019, in Mid-day. In traditional Hindu society, dogs are considered inauspicious. …
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The metaphor of the forest
Published on 21st April, 2019, in Mid-day. To understand Hindu mythology, it is critical to …
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For all its noble aspirations, social media is pure business.
To make money, you need access to markets. To gain access to markets, you need to make sure that the controller of the market favours you. If the controller of the market shuts the door on you, you have no opportunity to enter the market…
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Not quite division of labour
Published on 14th April, 2019, in Mumbai Mirror. Many assert that the caste system (jati …
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Indra’s rise to kingship
Published on 14th April, 2019, in Mid-day. The Brahmana, orally transmitted by priests who came …
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Desire’s bow and destiny’s noose
Published on 7th April, 2019, in Mid-day. Elections are a time to express desire, while …
