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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Itihasa : A History of Hindu Mythology

The Hindi version will be published in six months' time. Here is the link to buy it...

https://t.co/YJkHUhkme4

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जीवन, समय और ब्रह्मांड को देखने की ऐसी है भारतीय दृष्टि
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This year, on the morning after Sarvapitri Amavasya, the fish of Banganga floated up. Belly first. Silver turned grey.

No one meant to kill them. That is the usual defence, and it is a weak one. Who bears the karma of their murder?

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Turns out you can ask a chatbot to cross-reference the Rig Veda, the Quran, the Bible and a Reddit thread about Stoicism, at 2 AM, in your pyjamas, and it won’t even ask for a donation.

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Google vs Guru: The final showdown https://t.co/7rqPYyB05V

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In Vimalasuri’s Paumachariya, the oldest Jain Rama story (its date is unsettled, somewhere between the 1st and 5th centuries CE), vanaras are vidyadharas: humans who know magic sciences and fly in vimanas.

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The monkeys of Jain Ramayana

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Goddesses are not replaced. Their food is. And much of it has to do with sectarian rivalry and the rise of money power.

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How to Turn the Goddess Vegetarian? https://t.co/LnB1zkRMyE

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जैन परंपरा से जगन्नाथ पुरी तक, सुभद्रा और कृष्ण-बलराम की कहानी

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Garuda and Vishnu in Java, Indonesia (Chandi Sukuh)

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Mythology, astronomy, language and ritual offer interesting clues suggesting that some older communities may have given greater importance to women, mothers and the maternal household.

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India before patriarchy

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China ranked people in 4 groups: scholar, farmer, artisan, merchant. Shi, nong, gong, shang. The scholar governs. Farmer grows food. Artisan makes things. The merchant makes nothing. He buys low, sells high & keeps the difference.

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Who Controls Women’s Choices In The Name Of Love?

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The TRUE Meaning Of OM!

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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

Pre-Book your copy here

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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.

Now available for pre order

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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