Purushottam Agrawal is a New Delhi based writer and literary historian. He works on Bhakti, spirituality without religion, and Indiaâs organic early modernity which, he argues, was halted in its tracks by colonization. His work draws upon sources in Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu, Braj, and Awadhi. His book on Kabir, Akath Kahani Prem Ki: Kabir ki Kavita aur Unka Samay (2009) is considered a contemporary classic and won the first Rajkamal Kriti Samman. He is a well-known public intellectual, lending his voice to newspaper and television debates. He is a contributing editor at The Quint. Devdutt Pattanaik writes and lectures on the relevance of mythology in modern times. He has written over 700 articles in newspapers, and thirty books, which include the bestselling Business Sutra: A Very Indian Approach to Management and My Gita. His shows on television include Business Sutra and Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik. He lives in Mumbai. For more information on Devdutt and his books, please visit www. devdutt.com.
this is amazing book in the sense.. it helps you to look beyond boundaries of binary namely science vs tradition. this account is immersed in vernacular wisdom of the author.