Amruta Patil and Devdutt Pattanaik speak with SheThePeople.TV on how forests have a deep connection with women in mythology and why a book set in Vedic times will resonate with modern day readers.
Why don’t we tell stories as they are? Why do we look for a moral from each? Watch or read this engaging conversation on Sita, patriarchy, feminism and faith.
There has been a slow yet visible drive to ensure women’s invisibilisation from cultural narrative. We are witnessing an increased trimming of women’s role in shaping our culture and in our mythology too. Even gods have not escaped this desire to belittle the feminine role in the ways of the world. Which is why we see more […]
In a power-packed session during the Women Writers’ Fest in Ahmedabad, Devdutt Pattanaik asked the audience why aren’t we telling stories of cool mythological female characters like Sati and Savitri more often? He elaborated, how the word ‘Sati Savitri’ conjures the image of a bechari mahila, but when you read their stories, they don’t come […]
Speaking at the Women Writers’ Fest in Ahmedabad, Devdutt Pattanaik explored the topic of the gendered gaze in mythology in an engaging talk. Pattanaik wowed the audience into silence and forced them to contemplate differing ways to look at patriarchy, how the male body is considered purer than the female and how most religions have different […]
Devdutt Pattanaik is one of the most loved mythology writers in the country today. His  retelling of the Mahabharata is an engaging read. Here’s an extract from The Boys Who Fought : The Mahabharata for Children: DAY 1 OF THE WAR When Arjuna looked at either army, he realized that on both sides were his uncles […]
The popular mythology writer Devdutt Pattanaik — author of works like Myth=Mithya, Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata, Olympus — has written his second book on Sita, in a new form of retelling of her story: Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana. There may have been several retellings of Ramayana in a different light, but Devdutt’s […]
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