Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Can Hanuman Protect Us From Political Sorcery?
Published on 27th April, 2022, in Times of India. Hanuman Chalisa is a 400-year-old Awadhi …
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Designing the Surya Namaskar
Many historians trace Surya Namaskar, the popular yoga exercise, to yoga teachers of Mysore, who were influenced by Swedish health practices in the last century. …
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How Lord Hanuman can make leaders good human beings
Hanuman is powerful. So he does not have the need to intimidate people…
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Hindu gods like Rama & Shiva have six packs now to kill bad guys, like American superheroes
Even Amar Chitra Katha’s new comics have abandoned the gentle sensuality of Raja Ravi Varma and embraced the hyper-masculine, angry, violent American superhero style to portray Hindu gods and goddesses…
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Othering the Asuras
Published on 8th July, 2018, in Mid-day. In Hindu mythological stories narrated in the Puranas, …
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Exploring Hanuman Chalisa
Do people reading it understand what they are reading? Or does the gentle poetic rhythm calm the nervous heart, as it prepares to face the day? Or is it simply a ritual exercise, where the point is to do, not think or feel?…
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The Immortals
Published on 23rd April, 2016, in Mid-day. In Hindu mythology, whenever an asura asks for …
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The tussle between the family man and the outsider
The insiders are either family members or old-timers. The outsiders are the new professionals…
