Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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The Meaning of Contentment
Published on 30th December, 2022, in The Hindu. At the start of anything new, like …
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A Jain Take On Lakshman’s Death
Published on 2nd August, 2020, in Mid-day. In the Jain Ramayana, Ram is considered to …
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Dharma Hormones: What Is the Path To Happiness?
Published on 21st February, 2020, in The Economic Times How do you validate human existence? …
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The Crocodile-Wrestling Hero
Published on 15th December, 2019, in Mid-day In Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian and Sumerian imagery, kings …
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The sacred form of Kashi
In Kashi, the river Ganga, which normally runs from the Himalayas to the sea in the south, takes a turn and moves northwards. This reverse flow of the Ganga is considered spiritually significant because it is believed that one can manifest certain tantric ideas in such places…
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The Myth of Property
The notion of property is the greatest myth of human civilisation. It is a fiction that everyone believes in and so is now seen as ‘fact’. It is not a natural phenomenon but a cultural concept enforced by various forces that benefit the members of a society…
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Land of body parts
The Buddhists and the Hindus share the idea of the land becoming sacred, when it is connected with the body of a holy being…
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Vedic approach to desire
The Vedic approach was very different. Suffering can be reduced when we pay attention to, and try to satisfy, each other’s desires…
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Who is a Hindu? North’s Kanwariya and South’s Kavadi
A selective understanding of the faith by those who control social discourse is the tragedy of Hinduism…
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Above many realms of desire
Buddhist stupas crowned with special umbrellas indicate Sumeru, the central world axis and the heavens above it, above which sits the Buddha in a formless state after he attained nirvana…
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Aggregation of Buddhist atoms
They clarify that there is a soul within every individual living (jiva-atma) being and there is a cosmic soul that encompasses the universe (param-atma)…