Devdutt Pattanaik

Vi-vaad is a toolkit for the ego.
Sama-vaad is a toolkit for the soul.
Silence is a toolkit for sanity.
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Few notice how 19th-century bhajans were colonised, how shame made orthodox Hindus reject traditional erotic evocation of gods and embrace sterile supplication of monotheistic faiths.

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From bhajan colonisation to bhajan clubbing https://t.co/5zL1nOrCCk

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Itihasa: A History of Hindu Mythology

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मोर से मूषक तक, देवताओं के साथ जुड़े प्राणियों के अनूठे अर्थ
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3000 year old faith. 300 year old anchor. 💧

Bachi Karkaria presents Waternamah, an illustrated ode to Mumbai's Bhikha Behram Well. Devdutt Pattanaik speaks on water in world mythology.

📅 Oct 6, 5:30 PM
📍 Kitab Khana, Flora Fountain
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In Sanskrit, 'itihasa' means myth: a tale that insiders believe.
In Hindi, 'itihasa' means history: a tale that outsiders verify.

All beliefs are located in history.

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Itihasa: A History of Hindu Mythology

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Mahakali, Shukracharya And The Problem With Modern Mythology!

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Few animals have shaped Hindu imagination as deeply as the bull and the cow. Shiva’s mount is Nandi, the great humped bull, while the divine cow Surabhi symbolizes nourishment and abundance.
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Muslim political power had removed caste from its old grip on temporal power. Bhakti saints, Kabir, Nanak, Chaitanya, Ramananda were offering ordinary people a direct religious life that needed no Sanskrit, no priest, no varna certificate.

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Comparing myths requires more than noticing similar characters or events. The deeper ideas behind a story matter far more than its outward details

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Misunderstanding the flood myth https://t.co/XpkH2UeCXe

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हिंदू आख्यानों में वर्णित प्राणियों से मिलता है जीवन का संदेश
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A thousand years ago, fables were composed equating meat-eating with cannibalism

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Is that grandpa or grandma on my plate? https://t.co/NQP0e4q7Lo

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The Real Origin Of India’s Most Debated Dharma Text!

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दिव्य प्रतीक से देव वाहन तक, हिंदू धर्म में प्राणियों की भूमिका
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Story Behind 300 Years Old Ganesha Painting Found In Tamil Nadu's Mahabharat!
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Kautilya understood what modern politicians, advertisers and social media strategists understand: people do not run on facts. They run on story, symbol, rumour, hope and spectacle.

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In Manu’s view, ‘sattvik’ has nothing to do with food. It has everything to do with psychology and rebirth. ‘Sattvik’ means austerity, knowledge and wisdom, purity, control of the senses, and performance of duties, among other things

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देवी के उग्र व सौम्य रूपों में दिखाई देती है हिंदू धर्म की विविधता
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How Did Aryans Preserve The Vedas Without Writing?

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Of Castes and Kitchens: a conversation with No Forks Given by Neha

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