Ram wins a wife by stringing a bow, Arjun wins a wife by striking the eye of a fish, and Krishna wins a wife by yoking seven wild bulls.
19 January,2025 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Reformers argued Buddhism was anti-caste, anti-fatalism and had nothing to do with rebirth doctrine.
12 January,2025 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
The idea of a god wielding a weapon made from animal products can be unsettling
05 January,2025 07:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
After the rise of Buddhism, the world changed dramatically.
29 December,2024 07:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Santa comes from modern Christian mythology, and is barely a century old, but has become the dominant theme of Christmas
22 December,2024 07:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
The former is being resurrected by New Age babas with gumption.
15 December,2024 08:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
They preferred woollen fabrics until the discovery of the Americas, from which cotton was sourced from regions like Mexico and the Aztec Empire
08 December,2024 07:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
In Japan, killing oneself by using a sword to tear one’s own bowel, following which another person chops the head off is glamorised in many samurai TV shows. It is called sepekku and harakiri.
01 December,2024 07:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Countries like China, Japan, and India did not care much about either symbol because they did not hold such strong views
24 November,2024 07:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
The oldest form of Buddhism was a rejection of the world. It was a flee response.
17 November,2024 07:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt PattanaikADVERTISEMENT
