• Paperback
• 196
• Shikhandi and Other Stories They Dont Tell You
• Devdutt Pattanaik
• English
• 08 July 2018
• 9789383074846

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Read & Download Shikhandi and Other Stories They Dont Tell You Read Û eBook, ePUB or Kindle PDF Æ Devdutt Pattanaik Devdutt Pattanaik Æ 8 Free download Traditions in Hinduism some over two thousand years old and you will find many overlooked tales such as those of Shikhandi who became a man to satisfy her wife; Mahadeva who became a woman to deliver his devotee’s child; Chudala who became a man to enlighten h A collections of tales from various Hindu myths that deal with gender fluidity Pattanaik uses these to illustrate the fact that ueerness is not a modern construct The sources whether oral or written traditions are cited to provide context and these tabboo stories themselves are not only extremely important but are told brilliantlyVerdict Buy along with the author s beautifully illustrated retelling of the Mah bh ratafrom Buy Borrow Bypass Hindu Mythology Retellings

Read & Download Shikhandi and Other Stories They Dont Tell You Read Û eBook, ePUB or Kindle PDF Æ Devdutt Pattanaik Devdutt Pattanaik Æ 8 Free download Patriarchy establishes men as superior to womenFeminism views women and men as eualueerness uestions what constitutes male and femaleueerness isn’t only modern Western or sexual says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik Take a close look at the vast written and oral It was my forth book by Devdutt PattnaikGiving insights of what and how Gods and mythology worked and played a significant role in making what it is today was great to know through many stories described in it

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Read & Download Shikhandi and Other Stories They Dont Tell You Read Û eBook, ePUB or Kindle PDF Æ Devdutt Pattanaik Devdutt Pattanaik Æ 8 Free download Er husband; Samavan who became the wife of his male friend; and many Playful and touching and sometimes disturbing these stories when compared with their Mesopotamian Greek Chinese and Biblical counterparts reveal the uniue Indian way of making sense of ueerness A friend recently told me that he had read Dr Pattanaik s Jaya and had found it uite interesting I had been meaning to read it for some time and found myself browsing through the shelves of the bookstore at Jaipur airport for the book Of course they had it but another book caught my eye Shikhandi and Other Stories They Don t Tell You seemed to be uite interesting so I got it instead Jaya would have to wait for another timeI was immensely impressed by Devdutt Pattanaik s mythmithya He seemed to be one of those sensible mythologists who seek out the history in mythology This book tried to justify the LGBT movements that India saw recently in terms of Hindu religion and mythology Dr Pattanaik uses the word ueer to refer to any sexuality that is not sanctioned by the major religions Though the usage of the word might seem a bit ironic especially when the author is arguing that the ueer are just as natural as the non ueer but if you rid the word of all the negative connotations that it has gathered over time it is just another word The book looks into all the twisted stories from various mythological sources of Hindu cultures across India and tries to establish that diversity in genders and sexuality are not only present from times immemorial but are also accepted and celebrated by the pantheon of Hindu godsThe book talks about gods and men who find themselves in a position to do many of the acts that modern religions including modern Hinduism find inappropriate and unnatural These include acts of changing gender same sex love cross dressing castration to fit a role and many such acts that seem outrageous to our trained minds All these acts are either done out of volition or as a result of a curse or boon But never are the subjects of such action frowned upon or outlawed in these stories Dr Pattanaik also tells how and why such stories have been suppressed from popular mythology or modified to suitable formsThe short read was uite impressive in terms of showing how stories are forgotten when the popular culture does not support them It was also uite interesting from a point of view of curiosity as it shows the diversity that the Hindu folk lore contain However reading the book I felt that Dr Pattanaik is not an unbiased observer He is rather someone who holds Hinduism in a higher esteem than other ways of life Not that there is anything wrong with it especially when it is being used to bring about a change in the uptight style of living that the monastic order has made popular But this attitude also tends to distort the interpretation of mythology and things get modified in translation