Arshia Sattar: ‘We must bring ourselves back to beauty, compassion and solidarity...’

To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.

Arshia Sattar

· Aug 15, 2022 · 12:00 pm

What it meant to write and publish books on the Mahabharata and the Ramayana during the pandemic

Writer Arshia Sattar worked on a children’s version of the Mahabharata and a book on ‘dharma’ in the Ramayana in this period.

Arshia Sattar

· Nov 14, 2020 · 08:30 am

Do the characters in the Ramayana follow ‘dharma’? This book investigates their actions

An excerpt from ‘Maryada: Searching For Dharma In The Ramayana’, by Arshia Sattar.

Arshia Sattar

· Nov 03, 2020 · 08:30 am

The pandemic made this writer live briefly with her younger self (and the books they share)

Arshia Sattar’s essay, excerpted with permission from ‘And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again’, edited by Ilan Stavans.

Arshia Sattar

· Oct 07, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Why the Uttara Kanda changes the way the Ramayana should be read

The final book of the Ramayana shifts the focus from free will to predestination.

Arshia Sattar

· Oct 29, 2016 · 06:30 am

Three translated books you must not miss

An acclaimed translator tells us about the books that have helped her gain in translation.

Arshia Sattar

· Dec 21, 2014 · 04:30 am