Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Articles
Is Hinduism Answerable to Western Gaze?
Published on 10th September, 2021, in Times of India. The word religion initially applied to …
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Who is a Hindu? Hindu ship of Theseus
Traditions may change every few years, but one school of thought says the essence of Hinduism will remain the same…
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Rituals, not belief
Hindu unity is sought by looking for the familiar, and ignoring the unfamiliar. There is no idea of a ‘false’ god…
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Interviews
Of food and faith
Published on 26th July, 2017, in The Hindu. In the post truth world, does mythology …
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Articles
Are Hindus vegetarian?
Published on 14th June, 2017, on www.dailyo.in. The idea of “vegetarian” diet has spread throughout …
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Why are Hindus so ritualistic?
As long as we are human, as long as we want to bind humans to a community, as long as we want to feel that life has a pattern and predictability, we need rituals…
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Books
Hindi : Indian Mythology
Translated version of Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols, and Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent…
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Books
Thai: Indian Mythology
Thai translation of Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols and Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent …
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Articles
The Meaninglessness of Rituals
Rituals have no intrinsic meaning. But that does not mean they are not valuable…
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My US Trip, Oct ’13
A few details regarding my trip (October 2013) to the United States of America…
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In the forest, a sage
There are many words for sage in India: rishi, brahmin, yogi, sadhu, siddha, yati, kavi, sant, muni, shraman, tapasvi, guru, mahant, buddha, arhat, tirthankar, jina. But they really mean very different things…
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Interviews
Parenting with Mythology
How do you talk to children about Hinduism especially when one lives out of India?…
