
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: What do our myths say about winners and losers?
The Times Of India Podcast
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What Do You Do When You Lose?
Life is seen as winning and losing. The word loser is an insult. You are a loser. We have normalized it, we think it's normal, but it is not normal. Games can be collaborative. Olympic sport is about winning. You win the girl. Even dating becomes like a game. So everything is seen into this very predatory language, which is quite remarkable. I think we're tilting too much towards competition because I think it sort of stimulates our basis things.
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