Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaikis an Indian physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist, author and communicator whose works focus largely on the areas of myth, mythology, and also management. He has written over 600 articles and 30 books on the relevance of sacred stories, symbols and rituals in modern times, including Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology, Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata, Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana, Business Sutra: An Indian Approach to Management, Shikhandi: And Other...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth11 December 1970
CountryIndia
Devdutt Pattanaik quotes about
If you don't have imagination, you stop being human; animals don't have imagination; Alzheimer's is the death of imagination.
Within infinite myths lies the Eternal Truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes Indra, a hundred And I, only two
There is no such thing as an objective interpretation.
I have been doodling since childhood. I have a passion for illustrating but cannot paint or colour for that matter. I illustrate what I am trying to communicate through my writing. My images are like drawings in a science text book.
Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way.
Neither death nor wisdom has a full stop. There are only commas-no destinations, only waiting rooms.
In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it's a template that won't fit in India.
Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped.
I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.
Refusal to accept the flow of the world is the root of all misery.
In India, the eldest has the most responsibility and the crown goes to him. The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could 'most talent' be determined? So Indian society settled on age.