Letters from Vimoh — Medium

Collection edited by Vijayendra Mohanty

The Dangerous Myth of a “World Without Borders”

On why Universalism is a dangerous idea.

Vijayendra Mohanty3 min read

War in Ancient India and Alien Invasions of the Future

A lot of Western commentary on the future is faulty because it is based on a limited view of human history.

Vijayendra Mohanty3 min read

America Has a Saviour Complex

The world can do without US intervention. It is time America realised this.

Vijayendra Mohanty4 min read

Copywriting is Like Whoring

I think copywriting for ads is a bit like whoring.

Vijayendra Mohanty3 min read

Guess Where the Word ‘Juggernaut’ comes from!

When a god is demonised, a supervillain is born.

Vijayendra Mohanty4 min read

Don’t Be a Tourist

There has to be more to travelling than proving you were there.

Vijayendra Mohanty2 min read

When the Story Goes Digital

There’s more to the analogue vs digital debate than meets the eye. Immersion is key to the experience of listening to a story and can’t be done away with.

Vijayendra Mohanty7 min read

I Do Not Know

It is funny how some things start making perfect sense when you hear yourself say them. Inside your head, they are ambiguous little…

Vijayendra Mohanty2 min read

Comics, Mythology, and the New Indian Image

Someone asked me recently why Indian comics are stuck with mythology as a core theme.

Vijayendra Mohanty3 min read

The Lying Storyteller

Storytellers lie, but stories tell the truth.

Vijayendra Mohanty3 min read

Stories are Not ‘Information’

A major pain in the posterior for any startup (and I am talking mostly about web services here) is the question of money.

Vijayendra Mohanty4 min read

Remix Culture and The Myth of Originality

In defence of copying, which is all too often a more creative act than it is given credit for.

Vijayendra Mohanty2 min read

Mythology, Metaphors and Morons

I am a storyteller by profession and imagination is my bread and butter (and more).

Vijayendra Mohanty2 min read

Watching Free Porn Should Make Us Feel Guilty

Not for the reasons you think though…

Vijayendra Mohanty2 min read

What if Everything Exists?

No seriously! What if everything that you can possibly imagine — dragons, atlantis, God — did exist?

Vijayendra Mohanty5 min read

Intelligence, Imagination, and Sherlock Holmes

I read an essay on the subject of intelligence written by Isaac Asimov a long time ago.

Vijayendra Mohanty2 min read

On Why We Go to Bookshops

If you buy books as often as I do, you don’t need me to tell you about the heady feeling of browsing titles while walking among the shelves…

Vijayendra Mohanty3 min read

Of Old Gods and New

On how modern pop-cultural appropriation of long-dead religious icons is a game best not played.

Vijayendra Mohanty3 min read

Why Firefly Beats Star Trek

I have been a Trekkie all my life. My first impression of the Star Trek universe was not from the free-spirited Captain Kirk though.

Vijayendra Mohanty3 min read

The Universal Origin Story

On being born to mothers and looking for fathers.

Vijayendra Mohanty6 min read