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19 November 2009
East vs. West — the myths that mystify: Devdutt Pattanaik on TED.com
At TEDIndia, Devdutt Pattanaik takes an eye-opening look at the myths of India and of the West, and shows how these two fundamentally different sets of beliefs about gods, death and heaven help us consistently misunderstand one another. His goal is to help us all understand these founding beliefs — and use them to understand one another better. (Recorded at TEDIndia, November 2009, Mysore, India. Duration: 18:26)
Watch Devdutt Pattanaik’s talk on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 550+ TEDTalks.
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KRISHNA BAALU
Nov 21 2009Well orchestrated speech indeed. The subject theme is well devised well carried on till end but .. a bit abrupt end..? Fine, over all we got the essence of it. Kudos Devdutt
Krishna Baalu
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nandini srinivasan
Jan 16 2010One of the most articulate and thought provoking talks I’ve heard in recent years. It should set the minds of culture mockers thinking!
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abhijit chauhan
This is certainly one of the most soul searching talks I have ever listened to. It certainly gives me the inspiration to think and rationalise things in a different perspective and it’s beautiful the way Mr Pattanaik has tried to integrate Mythology and Business.