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Devdutt Pattanaik
Personal blog · devdutt.com/articlesculturephilosophy
Devdutt Pattanaik's personal blog at devdutt.com covers culture and philosophy. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The comments don't judge the writing. They cite a linked post about a critic of Bharat Tyagi, and discuss yoga, cultural attribution and copyright, so the linked posts seem to be about Indian culture and commentary on writers.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Devdutt Pattanaik is a mythologist, author and speaker, writing on the relevance of mythology in modern times, especially in areas of management, governance and leadership. He defines mythology as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals.
What Hacker News says?
> culture without providing proper attribution What would be the appropriate means of providing attribution in case of Yoga? Would a rendition of Sare Jahan Se Achcha before each Yoga session suffice? > Translated to FOSS Applying copyright and trademark law to a practice that is a part of humanity's intangible cultural heritage is beyond farcical. > Besides, I met plenty of people, both from India and not, complain…
Comment linking /articles/hiss-of-the-pio-bharat-tyagi/
on “Squats can boost brain activity [video]”Submitted The laughter of women as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'm quite skeptical that any kind of deep insight can come from reading a prototypical Bharat Tyagi[0]. Reading Swami Vivekananda or even Gandhi would be a far better use of time. 0: https://devdutt.com/articles/hiss-of-the-pio-bharat-tyagi/
Comment linking /articles/hiss-of-the-pio-bharat-tyagi/
on “MasterClass is seizing its moment”Submitted Actions, good or bad, have consequences as a story · 1 points
HN discussion