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Devdutt Pattanaik on people who think of queerness as Western concept: 'They are uneducated...need to return home'

June 19, 2024 12:41 pm

The author sat down with indianexpress.com to talk about the significance of mythology in modern India, Pride month, what a day in his life looks like and everything in between.

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Oppenheimer's biographer explains physicist's disputed interpretation of Bhagavad Gita: 'He is trying to understand time and space'

July 26, 2023 8:07 am

Oppenheimer's biographer Kai Bird spoke about the physicist's fascination with Hinduism, and explained his interpretation of the oft-quoted 'death' line from the Bhagavad Gita.

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Why Oppenheimer's interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita is flawed: 'Never even heard of 'I am death' line, says Devdutt Pattanaik

July 24, 2023 8:58 am

Devdutt Pattanaik disagreed with J Robert Oppenheimer's interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita, and said that the physicist was probably in a 'dharam sankat (moral dilemma)'.

Experts Talk: Devdutt Pattanaik on why and how should future bureaucrats study Art & Culture

UPSC Essentials | Experts Talk— Devdutt Pattanaik on why and how should future bureaucrats study Art & Culture

June 23, 2023 11:20 am

Know the three frameworks to study art and culture, and answers to other commonly asked questions for UPSC Civil Services Exam from Devdutt Pattanaik. Tune in every Thursday at 8 PM on YouTube channel of The Indian Express to learn more on Art & Culture.

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'You cannot talk about Hindu mythology without talking about Krishna': Devdutt Pattanaik

August 19, 2022 1:29 pm

In an interview with indianexpress.com, the author spoke about his audiobook, the relevance of myth in modern times, pointers he keeps in mind while presenting them to the current generation, and the stereotypes in mythology

British moved India from caste-based to religion-based ecosystem, changed everything drastically: Devdutt Pattanaik

December 24, 2021 11:52 pm

Devdutt Pattanaik says in the Eden model, you need a prophet to tell you what to do. “The Indian model says everything has to change (with time).”

Religion failed them, caste failed them, courts cannot: Devdutt Pattanaik on same-sex marriage

Religion failed them, caste failed them, courts cannot: Devdutt Pattanaik on same-sex marriage

November 22, 2021 7:53 am

Devdutt Pattanaik in his recently launched book, 'Marriage: 100 Stories Around India’s Favourite Ritual', looks at the fluidity of marriage and the concept of family in Hindu scriptures and folklore.

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Devdutt Pattanaik's Janmashtami gift for children

August 29, 2021 3:35 pm

Designed in an accessible format, this book will help parents introduce their child to stories about Krishna and also act as an ideal engagement for bedtime reading.

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'It is an entirely new approach to culture': Devdutt Pattanaik on his new book for civil service aspirants

May 02, 2021 10:08 pm

In a recent interview with indianexpress.com, Pattanaik spoke at length about his new book, what he seeks to achieve through it and if this will change the curriculum of civil services

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Devdutt Pattanaik to retell iconic stories of Abrahamic lore

April 04, 2021 4:21 pm

Beside stories from Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Ugarit and Zoroastrian mythologies that shaped the monotheistic worldview, the book also includes stories from Indo-Christian and Indo-Islamic folklore that it inspired in South Asia.

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