Retroflex sounds of Indian Women

Women came to India as part of the Out of Africa migration about 50,000 years old. Their legacy is the retroflex sounds () that is part of the Indian language. …

Tirthankar: Jain Dharm Par 63 Vichar

by Devdutt Pattanaik (Author), Mihir Nilum Jajodia (Translator) …

The Forgotten Women Who Helped Shape Jainism

Jainism follows the path revealed by 24 sages known as Tirthankara, who appear in every …


  • Three Dimensions of Greatness

    Three Dimensions of Greatness

    Wisdom prevails only when we listen to each other, find ways to accommodate each other, which is why the Jain community survived despite great hostility in its long history…

  • Giving Tilak His Due

    Giving Tilak His Due

    The idea of Aryans coming from outside is often seen by nationalists as a racist idea fabricated by Europeans, such as Max Mueller and John Marshall. They ignore that the original nationalist, Bal Gangadhar Tilak proposed this same idea in his book ‘The Orion, Or Researches Into The Antiquity Of The Vedas’ and ‘Arctic Home…

  • That Holy City Which Never Unites

    That Holy City Which Never Unites

    As we march towards constructing that single city, using social media, it feels like a new Hinduism is being forged, one that erases the female principle…

  • Surdas and Ramanuja Jayanti

    Surdas and Ramanuja Jayanti

  • The Maleness of Shiva

    The Maleness of Shiva

    This leads to questions if Shiva and Shakti are equal halves or is she the inferior half? Are they talking about men and women, or about mind and body?…

  • Mother’s Day

    Mother’s Day

    There is more to your mother than her motherhood…

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Devdutt Pattanaik writes and speaks on the relevance of mythology in modern times, especially in areas of management, governance, and leadership.