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MYTHOLOGY TO MAKE SENSE.

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Devdutt Pattanaik is an exponent of myths, using them [to] deepen storytelling, and obtain a sense of life and living' -Scroll.in Hindu mythology is vast and voluminous. There is so much we don't know or that has not been presented in a simplified way, making sense to contemporary times. This special omnibus edition brings together two bestselling books by Devdutt Pattanaik, India's most famous and renowned mythologist. My Gita and My Hanuman ...

An all-in-one storybook, picture book and colouring book from India's most-loved mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik introduces the story of Krishna, fondly known as Shyam, to a new generation of readers. Told simply in his inimitable style, Shyam, Our Little Krishna is perfect as a read-aloud to acquaint young readers with the beauty, wisdom and love that Krishna embodied. Curated with fascinating bite-sized stories, myths and trivia about the youn...

Have you lost all hope? Does the world feel bleak and unforgiving? The pandemic crisis has seen many of us lose family, friends, colleagues. How can you recover from this devastating loss? You are surrounded by anger and violence everywhere. Bad news hits you, a failing economy, climate change, every day.

Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge in Hinduism, as well as in Buddhism and Jainism. Her name is derived from the fluidity (saras) of the imagination. Human imagination enables us to invent and innovate, visualize, plan and de-risk. Yet imagination is a bad word in the world of business and management. It strips us of certainty. We want to control the imagination of those who work for us, prevent their minds from wandering from work. Yet eve...

Enrich your yoga practice with this in-depth look at sixty-four asanas (poses) and the spiritual basis for their creation"--

Marriage, by mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik, brings together stories from Vedic, Puranic, Tamil, and Sanskrit literature, from regional, classical, folk and tribal lore, from oral and textual traditions, across 3000 years of history and 3 million square kilometres of geography, to reveal the diversity and fluidity of Indian customs and beliefs around marriage.'Let all the gods and the waters anoint our two hearts.'-Rig VedaThis is the first eve...

The gods needed animals to travel around the world and the animals needed the gods to learnhow not to be hungry. This was an amazing idea, thanks to goddess Saraswati. This is how vahanacame into being.

I am not sure that I am a man, ' said Yuvanashva. 'I have created life outside me as men do. But I have also created life inside me, as women do. What does that make me? Will a body such as mine fetter or free me?' Among the many hundreds of characters who inhabit the Mahabharata, perhaps the world's greatest epic and certainly one of the oldest, is Yuvanashva, a childless king, who accidentally drinks a magic potion meant to make his queens p...

A unique feature of Hindu mythology is the key role played by animals or pashu. The Puranas, ancient Hindu story chronicles, reveal that Brahma, the creator, had a son called Kashyapa, whose many wives gave birth to different types of pashu: - Timi gave birth to animals who swim - Vinata gave birth to animals who fly - Kadru gave birth to animals who crawl - Surabhi gave birth to animals with hooves - Sarama gave birth to animals with paws - S...

Relive the fabulous story of the Ramayana through 108 illustrations to be coloured in.The Sita Colouring Book, based on Devdutt Pattanaik's bestselling retelling of the Ramayana, is a fascinating colouring journey for you to embark on.From the very beginning of the great epic, the birth of Dashratha's four sons, to the passing of Lakshman and Ram at the very end, the remarkably simple yet multilayered story of the Ramayana comes alive through ...

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- Olympus is the home of the Greek gods, much like Amravati of the Hindu devas. - Zeus, leader of Olympians, wields a thunderbolt like Indra, and rides an eagle like Vishnu. - The feats of the Greek hero Heracles, known to Romans as Hercules, reminded many of Krishna, as did his name, 'Hari-kula-esha' or lord of the Hari clan. - The Greek epic of a husband sailing across the sea with a thousand ships to bring his wife, Helen, back from Troy se...

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Patriarchy asserts men are superior to women Feminism clarifies women and men are equal Queerness questions what constitutes male and female. Queerness isn t only modern, Western or sexual, says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. Take a close look at the vast written and oral traditions in Hinduism, some over two thousand years old, and you will find many overlooked tales, such as those of Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife, Mahadeva,...