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mythology
Why are historians averse to mythology?
Dharma
17 November 2024, 00:15 IST
Why are historians averse to mythology?
17 November 2024, 00:15 IST
Devdutt Pattanaik | Uniting India with Itihasa-Purana
Modern secular societies are bound not by gods, but by ideas such as property, justice, equality, and human rights
04 September 2024, 07:36 IST
Devdutt Pattanaik | Uniting India with Itihasa-Purana
04 September 2024, 07:36 IST
China's hit game 'Black Myth: Wukong' has tricky legends behind it
Black Myth: Wukong, seven years in the making from Shenzhen-based Game Science, set records on Steam, the online store and video-game distribution service that about 70 million people use daily.
23 August 2024, 11:03 IST
China's hit game 'Black Myth: Wukong' has tricky legends behind it
23 August 2024, 11:03 IST
A period of spiritual renewal
It is believed that gods and goddesses in general and Lord Vishnu in particular, are resting during the chaturmasya and in the ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode; hence no auspicious events such as weddings and house warming ceremonies are held in these four months.
18 August 2024, 20:41 IST
A period of spiritual renewal
18 August 2024, 20:41 IST
Ride towards the sky, but do not look downwards
It appears as if Sumerian myths are talking about contemporary issues of how the elites deny opportunity to those who they exploit, thus maintaining the status quo
10 July 2024, 06:36 IST
Ride towards the sky, but do not look downwards
10 July 2024, 06:36 IST
Walk away from hot potatoes
All of us know that there is really no point in arguing with someone who has no patience to hear our side of the story. When we see our words being struck down with disdain, we get carried away in the heat of the moment and indulge in violent vindictive verbose.
07 July 2024, 20:31 IST
Walk away from hot potatoes
07 July 2024, 20:31 IST
Devdutt Pattanaik | The yugas came later
Through fragmentary stories, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata allude to another world, a larger world, outside history, involving the Hindu trinity.
24 April 2024, 05:17 IST
Devdutt Pattanaik | The yugas came later
24 April 2024, 05:17 IST
Devdutt Pattanaik | It is not just Hindus who love an imagined past
In China, there is a movement to prove that the Bible is not a Western text, but that ancient Chinese characters contain secrets that prove knowledge of Genesis.
13 March 2024, 06:23 IST
Devdutt Pattanaik | It is not just Hindus who love an imagined past
13 March 2024, 06:23 IST
Devdutt Pattanaik | Did Agastya colonise South India?
As per mythology, Agastya came to South India from the North with Vedic ideas. That would make Agastya an outsider in the South, unless the land south of the Vindhyas was always Aryavarta from the dawn of time.
14 February 2024, 05:35 IST
Devdutt Pattanaik | Did Agastya colonise South India?
14 February 2024, 05:35 IST
Devdutt Pattanaik | How we tell our histories
Storytelling, historical or otherwise, remains a very complex process…We need to question the intention of the author if we wish to avoid feeling manipulated. Unless we want to be manipulated.
31 January 2024, 05:18 IST
Devdutt Pattanaik | How we tell our histories
31 January 2024, 05:18 IST
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