Shikhandi: Ánd Other ‘Queer’ Tales They Don’t Tell You Review "Pattanaik is a master story-teller" - Bibek Debroy, translator of The Bhagavad Gita 				    	 					 About the Author Dr Devdutt Pattanaik is a physician whose varied interests later turned him into a well-known mythologist and an author on the topics of mythology, sanctity and so on. His famous books on mythology include The Book of Ram, Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology, The Pregnant King, The Book of Kali, Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of The Mahabharata, Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of The Ramayana.