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Devdutt Pattanaik
Who is a Hindu? Always and everywhere
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author When Draupadi was born from the firepit of her father’s yagnashala, according to…
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Is a Hindu prayer different from a Christian or Muslim prayer?
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author While it is fashionable to say that all religions are the same, and…
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What Alexander the Great learnt from a Hindu ascetic
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author As the stories came to an end, the gymnosophist smiled. “Such wonderful stories.…
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Old rishis, new rishis
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Hindus believe that knowledge (“veda” in Sanskrit) comes not from a human source,…
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Rituals, not belief
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, valued secularism. But that did not stop…
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Who is a Hindu? Karma, caste and free will
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author The other day, a journalist kept repeating over and over again how she…
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Are Hindus vegetarian?
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author The idea of “vegetarian” diet has spread throughout the world, thanks to many…
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Why do Hindus worship cows?
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Hindus don’t just worship cows. They also worship cobras and monkeys and elephants,…
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Who is a hindu? Is the world my family?
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author India’s foreign policy is based on the phrase ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbhakam’, the world is…
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Who is a Hindu? Diversity unites, homogeneity divides
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author European and American Indologists will insist that Vedism is different from Hinduism. That…
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