Bibek Debroy is an eminent scholar and translator who has made a number of previously difficult to access Sanskrit texts available to readers in English. Apart from his erudite and vastly prolific body of work, he is also an economist of repute and the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. He talks about the intricate layers of wisdom and learning contained in the Puranas, with special reference to his latest rendering of the Brahma Purana in English translation. Prese