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Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitha
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitha is a line that is found in Manusmriti. If you…
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Jataka on Same-Sex Love
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Scholars never talk about the homoerotic, homosocial and homosexual tales found in the…
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Sita Is Not Helen
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Many people are of the opinion that Greek and Hindu mythologies have much…
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Pagans In Christmas
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author The word “pagan” was used derisively by colonial powers to refer to non-Christian…
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Quran and Hadith
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Fourteen hundred years ago, an Arab trader who lived in the city of…
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Did the Harappan know to write?
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Writing in India emerges only in the Mauryan period, 2,300 years ago. It…
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My Father *Cannot* Be Gay
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author When I came out to myself and my family in the 1990s, I…
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World’s First Queer Non-binary Superhero
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Nearly 4,000 years ago, the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates was…
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Was Harappa a Jain Civilisation?
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author The Harappan civilisation thrived in the Indus Valley 4,500 years ago, roughly around…
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A Jain Take On Lakshman’s Death
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author In the Jain Ramayana, Ram is considered to be a baladev. He is…
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