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Urmi Chanda

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How the Mahabharata rules the national imagination through a mix of fact and fantasy

Ganesh Devy’s new book locates the epic in the lives of Indians and asks how this became possible.

Urmi Chanda
· Feb 26, 2022 · 08:30 am
What can notions of dharma and contemporary law tell us about the Ramayana? Two books investigate

While Arshiya Sattar teases out the meaning of ‘maryada’ in her new book, Anil and Vipul Maheshwari look at the Ramayana through the lens of contemporary law.

Urmi Chanda
· Dec 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm
This book identifies frameworks to foster peace, not violence, through diverse religions

A scholar of comparative religion explains how there are possibilities of pluralism in all faiths, despite how much at odds they seem with one another.

Urmi Chanda
· Nov 22, 2020 · 12:30 pm

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