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 Pattanaik
Tantra is closely linked to the body (tanu) and the act of weaving (tanti). It argued that while an individual thread (sutra) has value, it cannot become cloth
10 November,2024 07:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
But today Navaratri and Diwali festival is all about Ram and Krishna
27 October,2024 08:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
These needs draw him towards holy men, gods, and various spirit deities whose powerful rituals give immediate benefit to material problems
20 October,2024 08:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
In the south, megaliths were being raised to the dead, and herdsmen were piling dung and establishing ash-mounds
13 October,2024 09:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt PattanaikADVERTISEMENT
