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Elephant Lore
Is it any wonder the majestic Elephant holds such a revered place in our stories,legends,folklores and mythology ?…
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Lost Civilizations with Flying Saucers
Are there references to flying saucers in mythology?…
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Brahma in Bangkok
Whats honey for one may be bitter medicine for another !…
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People or Processes
We fall in love with the Organisation but the Organisation does not fall in love with us,in return…
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Food for the Kitchen Goddess
Food really does determine what we are and who we are !…
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Interviews
Reviews of Myth = Mithya
Tehelka, Oct 28, 2006. Hitch-hikers, here’s your guide to the Hindu multiverse and all the …
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Fate versus Free Will, Bollywood Style
Is everything determined by Destiny or by our own choices ?…
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Secret of Tantra
Tantra – a rather unfairly treated ritual form whose layers are very rarely unfolded with an unprejudiced mind…
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From Oedipus To Yayati
We can shut our eyes and close our ears to it but that does not mean it doesn’t exist…
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Judging Medea
Perhaps,it is not our place to judge or condemn another’s action…
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Frames of Reference
What we see,what we perceive…how much of it is true ? Who can tell ?…
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Blood For Durga
Milk,yes;Butter,yes; but blood ! used for worship ? Why ?…
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Myth as History
Most stories,tales,epics are not necessarily backed by solid,verfiable fact…
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Books
Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology
In this groundbreaking book Dr Devdutt Pattanaik, one of India’s most popular mythologists, seeks an answer to these apparent paradoxes and unravels an inherited truth about life and death, nature and culture, perfection and possibility…
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Is Divorce an Indian word?
In India,marraiges are forever.Or are they?…