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Devdutt Pattanaik

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Vi-vaad is a toolkit for the ego. Sama-vaad is a toolkit for the soul. Silence is a toolkit for sanity. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

The 21st-century rise of Satvikism (obsession with imposing vegetarianism) reveals the stranglehold of the merchant class in India. Read more ... How merchants shape the Satvik holiness deccanherald.com/opinion/how-me…

devduttmyth's tweet image. The 21st-century rise of Satvikism (obsession with imposing vegetarianism) reveals the stranglehold of the merchant class in India. 

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How merchants shape the Satvik holiness

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When today’s young people laugh about their body count on dating apps, they are perhaps unknowingly reviving an older cultural comfort with sexuality. Read more: Body count: Then and now

devduttmyth's tweet image. When today’s young people laugh about their body count on dating apps, they are perhaps unknowingly reviving an older cultural comfort with sexuality.

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Body count: Then and now

The Lingayat community today insists it is a separate religion. This demand has upset those who seek to unite Hinduism under a single umbrella by referring to it as ‘sanatan dharma’. Read more ... Is Lingayat a caste or a religion? newindianexpress.com/columns/2025/O…

devduttmyth's tweet image. The Lingayat community today insists it is a separate religion. This demand has upset those who seek to unite Hinduism under a single umbrella by referring to it as ‘sanatan dharma’.

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Is Lingayat a caste or a religion?

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Who takes responsibility for the child? The man or the woman? The failed ascetic or the successful nymph? The father or the mother? Read more… Abandoned twins: Kripa and Kripi mid-day.com/news/opinion/a…

devduttmyth's tweet image. Who takes responsibility for the child? The man or the woman? The failed ascetic or the successful nymph? The father or the mother?

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Abandoned twins: Kripa and Kripi

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We are told that our Stone Age ancestors settled down to plant wheat & barley so they could bake loaves. But a growing body of research suggests that this may not be entirely true. The real lure of grain was not bread. It was beer. Read more ... ecoti.in/WJpcPb

devduttmyth's tweet image. We are told that our Stone Age ancestors settled down to plant wheat & barley so they could bake loaves. But a growing body of research suggests that this may not be entirely true. The real lure of grain was not bread. It was beer.

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नेपाल में अग्नि-स्तंभ से प्रकट हुए थे ‘आदि बुद्ध’ dainik.bhaskar.com/xuijCAJ2cXb

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Buddhism is seen today as the religion of social justice. Yet, in ancient and medieval times, the Buddhist monastic discipline spread concepts of misogyny wherever it went. The best example is what happened when Buddhism spread to Mongolia. Read more... deccanherald.com/opinion/why-bu…


बौद्ध स्तूपों और यूनानी सभ्यता से हिंदू मंदिरों का क्या है संबंध? dainik.bhaskar.com/jeylJdDy1Wb

devduttmyth's tweet image. बौद्ध स्तूपों और यूनानी सभ्यता से हिंदू मंदिरों का क्या है संबंध? dainik.bhaskar.com/jeylJdDy1Wb

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दशहरे पर गली-गली जलते रावणों के बीच लंकेश के विविध आयामों की चर्चा भी होगी। भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप में अलग-अलग रूपों में रामायण लिखी गई है। प्रसिद्ध लेखक @devduttmyth ने इन अलग-अलग रामायणों से दशानन की कहानी के विविध आयाम जुटाकर लिखी है पुस्तक 'लंकेश'. . . amazon.in/dp/0143471341


Different castes and tribes in Hinduism have different gods. Each of these gods have different priests Read more ... The non-Brahmin priests of Hinduism newindianexpress.com/magazine/2025/…

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While the Gen Z slang ‘breadcrumbing, drawn from the European tale of Hansel and Gretel, suggests empty promises, our mythology reminds us that not all trails lead to despair Read more ... Breadcrumbs of desire

devduttmyth's tweet image. While the Gen Z slang ‘breadcrumbing, drawn from the European tale of Hansel and Gretel, suggests empty promises, our mythology reminds us that not all trails lead to despair

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Breadcrumbs of desire

Modern scholars now say the word comes from pagus, the smallest administrative unit of the Roman Empire. Those who worshipped local gods of the pagus were called pagans. Read more ... Is Sanatan dharma a Pagan faith? mid-day.com/news/opinion/a…

devduttmyth's tweet image. Modern scholars now say the word comes from pagus, the smallest administrative unit of the Roman Empire. Those who worshipped local gods of the pagus were called pagans.

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Is Sanatan dharma a Pagan faith?
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As Buddhist philosophy changed over time, so too did Buddhist art. In the earliest phases of the tradition, the Buddha was never shown in human form. Instead, his presence was suggested symbolically. Read more ... tribuneindia.com/news/comment/r…

devduttmyth's tweet image. As Buddhist philosophy changed over time, so too did Buddhist art. In the earliest phases of the tradition, the Buddha was never shown in human form. Instead, his presence was suggested symbolically.

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Before the British documented caste in their records, caste was actually a fluid varna system. You could choose to be Brahmin if you wanted to, and Shudra if that was your aspiration. This is a lie. Read more... How caste manifested before the British ecoti.in/0zX1Ca

devduttmyth's tweet image. Before the British documented caste in their records, caste was actually a fluid varna system. You could choose to be Brahmin if you wanted to, and Shudra if that was your aspiration. This is a lie.

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How caste manifested before the British 

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हिंदू मंदिरों को रथ और विमान भी क्यों कहा जाता है? dainik.bhaskar.com/yPoduitPOWb

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Mythology for Children


कर्नाटक: तीन प्राचीन धर्मों के अनूठे संगम का रहा साक्षी dainik.bhaskar.com/taDSpRjkEWb

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Is it simply a case of choosing one’s battles or is Marxism, with its deeply Christian roots, and materialistic paradigm, essentially homophobic and anti-love? Read more.... Why is Marxism turning homophobic? newindianexpress.com/magazine/2025/…

devduttmyth's tweet image. Is it simply a case of choosing one’s battles or is Marxism, with its deeply Christian roots, and materialistic paradigm, essentially homophobic and anti-love?

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Why is Marxism turning homophobic?

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In contemporary ‘Communist’ Chinese internet slang, the phrase ‘Western culture’ is often used by young people as a coded way to refer to queer topics. Read more... newindianexpress.com/magazine/2025/…

devduttmyth's tweet image. In contemporary ‘Communist’ Chinese internet slang, the phrase ‘Western culture’ is often used by young people as a coded way to refer to queer topics. 

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