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Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
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Podcast: Isn't all currency just pieces of paper?
Money has as much value as the giver and receiver agree to confer on it.
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
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Podcast: Is liberty primarily a western notion?
Indian philosophy has been seeped with liberalism because of the metaphysics of polytheism that has been present in the subcontinent for millennia.
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
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Podcast: Why India should not think in terms of equality or justice
Both are western concepts, imposing one overarching structure, while the Indian thought has always celebrated diversity, says Devdutt Pattanaik.
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
Trending
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Why many young Muslims are leaving India
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Watch: 75 musicians perform the entire song whose first stanza is India’s national anthem
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‘Mind your language’: Bar Council of India rebukes advocate Prashant Bhushan for ‘ridiculing’ SC
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Opinion: Pakistan has learnt little from India and India has taken the worst lessons from Pakistan
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How Indian newspapers reported Independence and Partition in 1947
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The Myth and Culture Podcast: Can you criticise India and still be a patriot?
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson trace the the birth of nationalism.
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
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Podcast: Why Bollywood lead actors are not cast in the same mould as heroes elsewhere
The classic concept of the hero going on a journey and being transformed is missing in our films.
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
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Podcast: Can we Indians live without anger?
Is the path to social justice through rage? And can we even achieve it?
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
Video
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Watch: Arvind Kejriwal’s speech accidentally played at BJP’s ‘tiranga yatra’ in Gujarat
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Watch: When former Pakistan PM Imran Khan praised India for not bowing to the West
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Gateway of India to Howrah Bridge: Monuments, structures, buildings lit up for Independence Day
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Watch: Indian flag unfurled 30 kilometres above the surface of the earth to mark Independence Day
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Watch: Young refugees in India sing ‘Jana Gana Mana’ with Grammy Award-winner Ricky Kej
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Podcast: What we lose when we lose the feminine instinct
When did aggression become the global default mode and when did compassion become deglamourised?
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
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Podcast: Is democracy about equality or authority?
Do societies really believe in equality?
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
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Podcast: Can freedom of speech and political correctness go hand-in-hand?
At a time when noisy debates make for prime time TV and people jostle between offending and being offended, we look at how India lost its capacity for dialogue.
Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson
The Reel
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic
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Start the week with a film: Get a much-needed dose of ‘Gandhigiri’ with ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’
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‘Darlings’ director Jasmeet K Reen on her heroines: ‘They are simple, scared, a bit off’
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‘Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons’ review: Jeffrey Epstein and the dark side of marketing