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Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Devdutt Pattanaik on the 3,000-year-old Hindu ritual of feeding the dead
An excerpt from Pattanaik’s latest book, ‘Garuda Purana and Other Hindu Ideas on Death, Rebirth and Immortality’.
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Can you take a dog to a temple? Devdutt Pattanaik on the role of dogs in Hindu mythology
‘Dogs, in general, are associated with the aggressive form of Shiva known as Bhairava.’
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Who created the term Hinduism? And why did the British feel the need to defend Hinduism?
An excerpt from ‘The Stories We Tell: Mythology To Make Sense Of Modern Lives’, Devdutt Pattanaik.
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Trending
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Unable to find good jobs, youth in India are turning to scam call centres and online microwork
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Kannad, Keral, Karnatak: Why do Hindi speakers ‘mispronounce’ South Indian names?
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What Rajasthan’s right to health law promises – and where it falls short
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Uttar Pradesh: Bajrang Dal stops Muslims from praying in Moradabad warehouse
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UP man who rescued sarus crane booked under Wildlife Protection Act
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Why Devdutt Pattanaik has attempted an Indian retelling of Jewish, Christian and Islamic lore
An excerpt from ‘The Introduction: Retelling Monotheism’ to Devdutt Pattanaik’s new book, ‘Eden’.
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Devdutt Pattanaik’s new book explains how Hindu wedding rituals contain many aggregated truths
An excerpt from ‘Marriage: 100 Stories Around India’s Favourite Ritual’
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Devdutt Pattanaik: Bhairava’s truth in the light of the funeral pyre
Criticism of the foreign media for showing images of cremations is not Hindu – it’s Hindutva.
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Video
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Caught on camera: The moment when a helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard crashed at Kochi airport
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‘Sir, are you actually Neeraj Chopra?’: Olympic champion surprises students at a Bengaluru school
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Watch: ISRO launches 36 satellites from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
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Earth Hour: From Howrah Bridge to Eiffel Tower, famous landmarks switch off their lights
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Watch: Rescue cat Lucy leads gym class for her human friends
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Worshipping the womb is a part of Hinduism, shows the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati
An excerpt from ‘Pilgrim Nation: The Making of Bharatvarsh’, by Devdutt Pattanaik.
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Do religions like Christianity and Islam affirm queer identities and sexualities, asks this book
‘This book seeks to refresh the relationship between the lore of one God and the lives of queer people,’ writes Debdutt Pattanaik in the introduction.
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How did the ‘Ramayana’ and ‘Mahabharata’ come to be (and what has ‘dharma’ got to do with it)?
Devdutta Pattnaik’s ‘Ramayana Versus Mahabharata’ compares the two ancient epics closely if playfully.
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The Reel
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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‘Bheed’ review: Chaos and ambivalence at a check post aimed at tackling the Covid outbreak
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Emotion, romance, eroticism: Devdutt Pattanaik explores the multiple sources of the Krishna legends
Along with the stories, Pattanaik explains how all of India contributed to the different aspects of Krishna.
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How ‘Call me By Your Name’ reclaims Eden for gay people everywhere
Luca Guadagnino’s Oscar-nominated film, written by James Ivory, presents a brilliant and radical retelling of the biblical myth.
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Ram Rajya would certainly have space for Chanakya. But Ram is not Chanakya’s ideal for a king
Chanakya views dharma merely as a tool to achieve material success. Ram, on the other hand, is the embodiment of dharma.
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The Field
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Boxing: Nikhat Zareen aces her toughest test yet to be crowned World Champion for the second time
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Sports world daily: South Africa beat West Indies in record T20 chase; Spurs part ways with Conte
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Cricket: Ravindra Jadeja promoted to Grade A+ as BCCI releases central contract list
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Reactions as Mumbai Indians win inaugural WPL: ‘Only going to get bigger and bigger’
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Watch, WPL 2023: Mumbai Indians are crowned champions of inaugural edition of Women’s Premier League