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Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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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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Trending
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Real-life ‘Terminal’: How people manage to live at airports for months and years
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All your questions about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine answered
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At long last, Australian television has begun reflecting some of the country’s ethnic diversity
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First Brexit made me feel an outsider in Britain. Now Covid-19 has made me feel unwanted in India
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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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Video
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Watch: Ex-Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat pulls autorickshaw with rope to protest against fuel prices
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Watch: Hit government officials with sticks if they don’t listen, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh
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Caught on Nandan Nilekani’s camera: Black panther and leopard on the verge of an encounter
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Watch: Mumbai woman celebrates 100th birthday after being vaccinated against Covid-19
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Watch: Big dog interrupts woman every time she wants to practise yoga
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India’s New Age gurus believe sexuality may be fluid – but not brutal structures of caste, gender
They have fine-tuned Indian philosophy to pacify middle-class guilt about wealth and power while amplifying guilt over pleasure that could disrupt social norms.
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Ireland’s mythology tells us why it is not surprising that its next PM is the son of an immigrant
Leo Varadkar, whose father is Indian and mother Irish, was voted leader of the country’s main governing party recently.
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Meet the characters who appear in both the Mahabharata and the Ramayana (and find out why)
From Parashurama and Jambuvan to Shiva and even Sita/Draupadi.
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The Reel
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‘Thunder Force’ trailer: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer play unlikely superheroes
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Jean-Luc Godard: ‘Today’s cinema only thinks action and not silence’
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Sahir Ludhianvi at 100: Why the poet and film lyricist was the original ‘Angry Young Man’
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Five animated films that ‘Bombay Rose’ director Gitanjali Rao wants you to watch
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‘7 Kadam’ trailer: Ronit Roy and Amit Sadh play father and son in football-themed show
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Devdutt Pattanaik: Historians too should share the blame for the rise of religious radicalism
It is easy to blame radical politicians and religious leaders for igniting the spark. But let’s not forget those who fuel the fire.
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The big question: Is yoga for power or fitness, wisdom or devotion?
Today, any understanding of yoga is often obscured by a grand media war to dominate the discourse on yoga.
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Why is Shiva represented by a sexual symbol, asks a new book
‘Hindus have long been embarrassed by Shiva’s phallic representation.’
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The Field
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Premier League: Liverpool slip to sixth straight defeat at Anfield as Fulham boost survival hopes
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Swiss Open Super 300 badminton: PV Sindhu outplayed by relentless Carolina Marin in final
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Football: Steven Gerrard guides Rangers to first Scottish League title in ten years
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Watch: Ravi Shastri on ICC’s WTC qualification criteria, trolls and importance of man-management
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PV Sindhu vs Carolina Marin, Swiss Open Super 300 final as it happened: Marin races to the title