Puranas
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The hermit’s smile: How celibacy, non-violence and purity work to establish patriarchy in India
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author The popular model of a patriarch is derived from Greek and Abrahamic mythologies.…
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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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Does Hinduism have anything to say about mind, perception and cognition?
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism give as much value to cognition as Judaism, Christianity…
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Can rakshasas or asuras be called the Hindu devil?
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author Devil is not a Hindu concept. It’s a Christian concept. The Hindi word…
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Who is a guru?
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author The word guru traditionally meant “one with gravitas”. In recent times, a neo-etymology…
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Using Puranas for politics
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author After the humiliating defeat of Indians in 1857, there was little doubt that…
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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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Breaking the binary
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author In the Puranas, we have heard the story of the Narasimha avatar. Hiranyakashipu…
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King of the Blink
By | Devdutt Pattanaik | Indian Author If you travel to Lucknow, it is possible that you will pass a…
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