Here is a column that Devdutt Pattnaik wrote in The Deccan Herald : Were there Brahmins in South India 2,000 years ago?: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/were-there-brahmins-in-south-india-2000-years-ago-3726957?utm_source=mail&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialshare Here below are a few “nuggets” from the above article; QUOTE: We normally assume that Brahmins have been present in every corner of India for the last 5,000 years. But this isContinue reading ““Were there Brahmins in South India 2,000 years ago?”… Why Devdutt Pattnaik is dead wrong .”
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Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part- 3.1 of 3.2
Finally, signing off on his rather prurient essay titled “The Parrot’s Erotic Secret” published in The Hindu dt. 19 January 2025, Devdutt Pattnaik urges his readers, especially womenfolk, to go and read an obscure and most probably a Jainist literary work in Sanskrit called “shukasaptati”… He wholeheartedly endorses the 70 lewd tales in that ancientContinue reading “Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part- 3.1 of 3.2”
Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part-1 of 3
When I read the Jan 19th 2025 article below in THE HINDU (“Wide Angle” feature article) penned by the well known Hindu mythologist, Devadutt Patnaik (the author of 50 books on mythology, art and culture), it at once reminded me of the controversial speech the Tamil Cinema lyricist, Vairamuthu had made seven years ago inContinue reading “Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part-1 of 3”