Lalitha Balasubramanian

Lalitha Balasubramanianis a Science graduate from Mumbai University and did her post graduation in Journalism from Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan’s Institute of Mass Communication and Management. She also has a Gold Seal Diploma in Creative Writing from the Writers Bureau, Manchester. She worked in the Editorial Department of the Institute for Research in Reproduction for a few years, before switching over to Freelance writing. Over the years, she has contributed hundreds of articles on travel, education and health to reputed newspapers and magazines, which include the likes of Times of India and Discover India.

She is the author of six books, three mythological travelogues and three story books for children.

‘On the Krishna Trail’ is her most recent offering, based on the places and legends associated with Lord Krishna’s existence on earth. Her previous books include ‘Kerala the Divine Destination’ and ‘Temples in Maharashtra – A travel guide’.

Based in Mumbai, she is a voracious reader, compulsive traveler, nature lover and music and fine arts enthusiast.

Lalitha Balasubramanian
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Rediscovering Mythology: The need of the hour -Lalitha Balasubramanian Mona Verma Akshat Gupta In Conversation with Sandeep Agrawal

On 20th 02.00 PM TO 02:40 PM

Mrs. Lalitha Balasubramanian - spoke about her validation of history and mythology by narrating all her experiences by physically visiting those places and bringing a broader and pragmatic understanding of events, which is a very distinctive feature of her books as well. Mrs. Mona Verma - talked about Upanishads and the smritis which can be practised as values and she also stressed the difference between history and mythology. Mr. Akshat Gupta - brought the lighter version of his understanding of how mythology and Sathyalogy could be. His narratives were based on virtues that our grant possesses strongly and one should not look only at the western interpretation but should go deep into knowing what we as Indians are made of in the past.