Discover the True Meaning Behind Karma | ft. Author Anand Neelakantan | The Bohemian Project

In today’s episode of The Bohemian Project Podcast, I (Harshit Saxena) talk with Anand Neelakantan, one of India's top-selling authors of over 10 books including the famous ‘Bahubali.’ Anand Neelakantan wrote the official prequel series of novels for the Baahubali film series. Anand is also a columnist, screenwriter, and public speaker. He is known for writing mythological fictions.

Being well versed with multiple editions of the ancient Indian epics, Anand shares with us some unheard stories from Ramayana & Mahabharat and compels us to view them from a fresh lens. He sheds light on the supremacy of Karma in our epic tales, and how even gods are bound by the laws of Karma.

He discusses the anglicization of Hinduism, the theory of Karma, viewing mythological characters from a different lens, religion, atheism, and agnosticism, among many other topics. This episode will be extremely enlightening for you, so make sure you watch it till the end!

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Timestamps:

00:00 - In This Episode
01:21 - Introduction
02:20 - Absolute Dharma and Morality in Hindu Mythology
04:04 - Story of King Shibi and lesson on Morality
12:30 - Advice from Bhagavad Geeta
13:16 - What is Dharma?
14:36 - On Moral Lessons, Religion, Hinduism, and Darshanas
18:39 - Agnosticism and Atheism in Hinduism
20:22 - Understanding Ram, Ramayana, and Effect of Western Thoughts on Hinduism
25:53 - On God, Karma, Temples and Idol Worship
30:40 - Karma in Western World and the fall of organized religion
32:10 - On Writing Grey Characters,Nala Damayanti and Duryadhana as Hero
34:24 - On Writing Mythological Fiction in Today’s Day and Age
36:38 - Favourite Tales from Hindu Mythology
38:31 - Role of Mythology in Today’s Day and Age
39:12 - Outro

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Bohemian Project is a weekly video podcast by Harshit Saxena. The conversations here are candid and raw with a deep understanding of human nature and its struggles. This is also an endeavour by Harshit Saxena to learn something new everyday.

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