He has done a television show on CNBC-TV18 with host Maneka Doshi called Business Sutra. Pattanaik gave a similar talk at EAFIT university in Medellin. The illustrated lecture served to explain the cultural differences between East and West. He presented a paper at a conference on "Subjective World or Mythology of Identity" to an audience of 400 people, including members of the Indian community in Colombia, members of the Association of Friends of India, special guests, and the academic community. On August 2010, he was invited by the ICCR to Colombia. He was a speaker at the first TED conference in India held in November 2009. He worked as a consultant at Ernst and Young and has illustrated most of his own books. The views expressed here are mine, and they remain uninfluenced and unbiased.He worked in the pharma and healthcare industry for 14 years before starting to write books and columns about mythology and delivering lectures on the subject. But it is a beautiful addition to any mythology lover’s bookshelf. Is it the author’s best work? I don’t think so. There are few stories I would love to revisit. I expected the book will have a bit of magic to the narration, but was let down in this aspect, possibly because it wasn’t a retelling as such. I wished the author had used his own illustrations, as with a couple of his earlier books that I had read, but the images were still quite apt and beautiful to see. There are illustrations in the book, and those aid in getting the author’s point across. While it does have those meanings to absorb, I didn’t feel the book was preachy either. Many people may already be aware of the lessons/meaning with the mythology, but I didn’t. There are some stories that I didn’t know before either. One aspect of the book I love is that it is simple to read and understand. Rather than just share those stories, or retell them, the author also explores the meaning behind various aspects as well. Even with these stories, there might be two different versions, given the depth of Indian mythology. The book explores the story of the Elephant God. Ganesha’s Secret is an extract from his larger book 7 Secrets of Shiva, which I hope to read soon. I admire Devdutt Pattanaik’s writing when it comes to that genre, so when I found this book on Kindle Unlimited, I borrowed it without a second thought. I’ve heard quite a lot from it from my grandparents while growing up.
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