Utkarsh Patel
Utkarsh Patel is a corporate-professional-turned-mythologist and author of “Shakuntala – The Woman Wronged”, published by Rupa Publications, and “Satyavati”, a published by Readify & Kautilya Books, and “Kannaki’s Anklet”, published by Indus Source. He is a lecturer of Comparative Mythology at the University of Mumbai and has qualifications in Mythology, both Indian and World from Mumbai University.
He co-founded Talking Myths Project in 2015-16 and was involved with its development as an archive of myths, folktales and other stories from the Indian subcontinent.
Utkarsh is a TEDx speaker and also a regular speaker and lecturer on varying subjects of mythology and other topics, at various forums, litfests, organisations and colleges. Along with Saregama he has launched a digital channel and a YouTube channel called Mythology Comes Alivewhere he narrates stories from the mythologies of the world
For more on his work, visit www.utkarshmp.com
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Author, blogger and journalist with one of the leading financial dailies in the country, Arundhuti has a post graduate degree in economics and a diploma in Comparative Mythology.
Currently Arundhuti writes on a range of topics for her newspaper apart from a monthly column called Mythic Mantra that explores the many points of intersection between the world of myths and culture and the present socio-economic and political landscape.
She has published two books so far, The Weretiger: Stories of the Supernatural (released in the year 2002) by Penguin India and Spooked: Stories of the Supernatural (released in the year 2004) by Puffin India. The books were a collection of original stories that dealt with folklore about ghosts, magic and mystery.
She regularly conducts public lectures on myth and folklore and has spoken at various platforms on a range of topics.
She co-founded Talking Myths Project in 2015-16 and was involved with its development as an archive of myths, folktales and other stories from the Indian subcontinent.
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