The post explores the concept of "mythoscopy," which examines how traditional stories evolve over time, using the tales of Rāma and Krishna as focal points. It highlights Shabari's story within the Rāmāyana, showcasing its transformation from simple devotion to a powerful symbol of equality. This adaptability is crucial for enduring narratives.
In the sixth of the UGLIE series, we throw caution to air and go further on the story of the third brother, of the Two Brothers who were the "fathers" of the Warring Cousins of the M-Story. | Do read, comment and discuss. Share but beware! | Word Count: 1592 | Flesch Kincaid Grade Level: 5.7 |
Shooting the air with a few friends, erstwhile batchmates, and then-still colleagues found uncanny parallels between geo-political, corporate and historical power shenanigans. Mythoscopy being my eternal hang-up, found the best fit as the Vikram-Betaal framing; i.e an overarching story, with one character narrating a story, with a query at the end, with the narrated story, and query, having a connection with the overarching story as well as having two-level moral learning for the final listener, i.e. us (go read the original.. it is awesome). This one has three confusing (confused) layers; (i) Superficial Corporate layer, of a pre-final VC round of a wannabe-unicorn startup, (ii) Parallel Geo-Political layer, of a dictator trying to get the sheen of being democratically elected/re-elected, and (iii) Reference Historical layer of the pre-, during-, and immediately-post-Emergency rule of Indira G. This is collaboration with @Curiouser&Curiouser | Do read, comment and discuss. Share but beware! | Word Count: 2596
A quick piece on partisanship with an extremely opinionated and shallowly researched hypothesis, informed by reading comic books, history books and WhatsApp messages of smarter, surer batchmates of mine | Do read, comment and discuss. Share but beware! | Word Count: 1503 | Flesch Kincaid Grade Level: 5.7 |
Is mythology only about gods, goddesses, kings, queens and monsters? Ok... elves, dwarves, unicorns and fairies? What about textbooks? An experiment in academic mythoscopy. | Do read, comment and discuss. Share but beware! | Word Count: 1251 | Flesch Kincaid Grade Level: 4.3 |
In this fourth and final post of the No-Disrespect-Meant series, we finish (for now) the ill-advised adventure in perspective which started from the insidious chromatic racism of the Indian sub-continent. Do read up the others, if you could please. This works independently in a way, as it is much more direct than its elder siblings! We complete this unscientific and academically suspect analysis of the current forms of a few of the deities heading the Indian pantheon,especially the splendorous calendar art versions. At the end we leave you with an altered look at some well-known feats of skill which may or may not be memories of (not so improbable) genocide. Please note the weasel words used in the excerpt, to assuage any hurt feelings. In case you came for the song referenced in the title, link to the same available as a link within (Youtube – Content not owned by us!) | Do read, comment and discuss. Share but beware! | Word Count: 2523 | Flesch Kincaid Grade Level: 5.9 |
The adventure continues, in this third installment in a series of four posts. Do read up the others, if you could please. This works as a standalone as well, though the least "standalone-ish" of the four! We try to analyze the amalgamation of leading deities of one culture into the pantheon of another. This is supported by an ill-advised, and most probably erroneous, interpretation of the names and words. These may still be true in a particular iteration of the "multiverse". May be even in the one we are currently inhabiting! Oh. and we look into the extant calendar art forms of the Indian sub-continent. Just a teaser for the next post! In case you came for the song referenced in the title, link to the same available as a link within (Youtube – Content not owned by us!) | Do read, comment and discuss. Share but beware! | Word Count: 1719 | Flesch Kincaid Grade Level: 6.7 |
We continue the exploration started in this post, second in a series of four. Do read up the others, if you could please. Though this works as a standalone as well, kind of! We tackle a particularly controversial theory, namely the migration of a tribe into the sub-continent. Instead of dwelling on this migration, we introduce an even more controversial theory, namely of amalgamation of leading deities of one pantheon into the mental shrines of another culture. In case you came for the song referenced in the title, link to the same available as a link within (Youtube – Content not owned by us!) | Do read, comment and discuss. Share but beware! | Word Count: 1398 | Flesch Kincaid Grade Level: 6.1 |
An exploration of the Chromatic Nature of Prejudice, in the Indian subcontinent, as evinced from the nominal author's observation and examples forced out of the mythology. First in a series of four interlinked posts. In case you came for the song referenced in the title, link to the same available as a link within (Youtube - Content not owned by us!) | Do read, comment and discuss. Share but beware! | Word Count: 1776 | Flesch Kincaid Grade Level: 5.1 |
Based on an off-hand discussion, gone out of hand, with the better-half, with a better understanding of the world, the nominal author spun a tale of perspective. Based on the prior knowledge of an Indian Epic Tale of Cousin Warfare, but exploring the parallel worlds of choice. Timed just before the series of events through which reality decided who was "right", based on who won, this episode of literary schizophrenia explores the possibility of each side seeing themselves to be on the side of "right", and still self-aware that posterity may cut them a raw deal. No external links at the time of writing | Do read, comment and discuss. Share but beware! | Word Count: 2579 | Flesch Kincaid Grade Level: 4 |
Random Mythoscopy 