Devdutt Pattanaik is a renowned author, mythologist, and leadership consultant, whose work focuses on deriving management insights from mythology to reveal a very Indian approach to modern business. He has authored over 50 books, many of them best-sellers like Myth = Mithya, Business Sutra, The Pregnant King, and Jaya: An illustrated retelling of the Mahabharata.
The Earliest cave paintings from 10,000 BC to 1,000 BC show a shift from hunting to herding, foraging to farming, dancing and even war and other human activities in caves of Bhimbetka and Kethavaram.
Culture is a people’s belief systems, rituals and customs, while civilisation is a complex culture with hierarchy, complex organisations, and ruins of public buildings and monuments.
Let us see the skylines of Bharat over its long history beginning with the present and travelling backwards over 4,500 years. This will help us appreciate the major architectural styles of India.
There are many myths, stories and legends about the celestial body that are a part of our cultural truth, our Indian-ness. Devdutt Pattanaik draws Shiva and the moon, and retells some of them
Politicians care for power. For this they need people. Merchants care for wealth. For this they need markets. Neither cares for nature. For them, pilgrims are sheep
Hopefully, families will realise the value of having a gay uncle and a lesbian aunt around them who do not fit the norm of what it means to be a man or a woman.
We live in times where there seems to be a fracture between consciousness and morality. But an expansion of the former leads to a deepening of the latter
The tension between the satisfaction of hunger (bhoga) and outgrowing hunger (yoga) forms the cornerstone of Hindu philosophy. On the occasion of Maha Shivratri, Devdutt Pattanaik meditates on the rituals of feeding and fasting.
