- 300+ public lectures
- Online archive of myths, folktales and legends
- Courses and workshops on epics, comparative mythology and folklore and myth and popular culture
The Mythology Project (TMP) is a cultural studies platform that looks at the vast body of myths, legends and folktales from around the world. Located in India, the Project is focused on a comparative study of mythology and folklore from across the world and aims to uncover the intricate web of likenesses and variances that run through these ancient stories and associated belief systems. Founded by Utkarsh Patel and Arundhuti Dasgupta, TMP conducts regular public lectures and is keen to spread the understanding of our collective intangible inheritance to a wider audience. TMP works with learners of all age groups to create an understanding of, and awareness about, the vast inheritance of stories, languages, beliefs and rituals that define human being across nationalities. It teaches myth and folklore related courses at Whistling Woods and the Drama School of Mumbai and is also working towards building an archive of myths, legends, folktales and other ancient tales.
About the Team
Utkarsh Patel
Author of several books on mythology, Utkarsh teaches comparative mythology at the University of Mumbai and conducts workshops and lectures on the subject, both online and at local venues. He is also called upon regularly to be a part of panels that discuss mythologies of the world, epics and many aspects of Indian mythology and folklore. Utkarsh is an author and TEDx speaker where he has spoken on: Mythology and Feminism: A Case for Subaltern Narratives and Management and Mythology. His books include Shakuntala: The Woman Wronged, Satyavati and Kannaki’s Anklet: An Epic from the South of the Vindhyas.
Arundhuti Dasgupta
Writer, columnist and editor, Arundhuti has spent over two decades as a business journalist with several financial newspapers in India. The maximum amount of her experience has been gathered at Business Standard, where she worked as an Associate Editor looking after a daily section on the business of advertising, branding and marketing. She was also a columnist for the paper, writing regularly on the intersection of myth, politics and culture in her column Mythic Mantra.
She has co-authored two books which have been published by Penguin and Puffin India. The books are called The Weretiger: Stories of the Supernatural (released in the year 2002) and Spooked: Stories of the Supernatural (released in the year 2004) and are a collection of original stories about ghosts, magic and mystery. She has an MA in Economics from Delhi University and a Diploma in Comparative Mythology from the University of Mumbai