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  • ‘Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’: Truth and lies in Oppenheimer’s Gita moment

    ‘Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’: Truth and lies in Oppenheimer’s Gita moment

    Mani Rao
    · Aug 05, 2023 · 08:05 am
  • ‘The Moral Imagination of the Mahabharata’ offers a scholarly and accessible study of the great epic

    ‘The Moral Imagination of the Mahabharata’ offers a scholarly and accessible study of the great epic

    Srikar Raghavan
    · Jul 22, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • ‘Adipurush’ speaks the language of Hindutva supporters – so why are they opposing the movie?

    ‘Adipurush’ speaks the language of Hindutva supporters – so why are they opposing the movie?

    Apoorvanand
    · Jun 20, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • Podcast: Why engaging with the ideas of VD Savarkar is important to counter Hindutva

    Podcast: Why engaging with the ideas of VD Savarkar is important to counter Hindutva

    Dinyar Patel
    · Apr 24, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • A strain of music that has flourished in India for centuries is being silenced by communalism

    A strain of music that has flourished in India for centuries is being silenced by communalism

    Malini Nair
    · Apr 01, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘My intention is to be as authentic as possible to what Veda Vyasa said’: Translator Bibek Debroy

    ‘My intention is to be as authentic as possible to what Veda Vyasa said’: Translator Bibek Debroy

    Avik Chanda
    · Apr 01, 2023 · 09:20 am
  • International Mother Language Day: The story of the secret language of hijras

    International Mother Language Day: The story of the secret language of hijras

    Vaishali Shroff
    · Feb 21, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • ‘After’: Vivek Narayanan’s book of poetry joins the long list of Valmiki ‘Ramayana’ retellings

    ‘After’: Vivek Narayanan’s book of poetry joins the long list of Valmiki ‘Ramayana’ retellings

    Mani Rao
    · Jan 08, 2023 · 03:30 pm
  • Remembering P Lal, the man who singlehandedly published new English language writers in India

    Remembering P Lal, the man who singlehandedly published new English language writers in India

    TJS George
    · Oct 21, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • Drawing Hindu epics in Art Deco style, this Polish artist left behind a striking legacy

    Drawing Hindu epics in Art Deco style, this Polish artist left behind a striking legacy

    Kamayani Sharma
    · Oct 11, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • A ‘timeless epic’ with an eye on the big and the small: Mani Ratnam on ‘Ponniyin Selvan’

    A ‘timeless epic’ with an eye on the big and the small: Mani Ratnam on ‘Ponniyin Selvan’

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Sep 25, 2022 · 06:17 pm
  • ‘Temple Lamp’: Mirza Ghalib’s poem on Banaras is an ode to the ancient city’s cosmopolitan heritage

    ‘Temple Lamp’: Mirza Ghalib’s poem on Banaras is an ode to the ancient city’s cosmopolitan heritage

    Rana Safvi
    · Sep 18, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • What makes the ‘Hitopadesha’ a timeless text on human behaviour? It is its playful language

    What makes the ‘Hitopadesha’ a timeless text on human behaviour? It is its playful language

    Shonaleeka Kaul
    · Aug 09, 2022 · 05:30 pm
  • This epic challenges dominant Telugu literary styles to reflect the existential status of Dalits

    This epic challenges dominant Telugu literary styles to reflect the existential status of Dalits

    Gurram Jashuva
    · Jul 22, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • How the Mahabharata rules the national imagination through a mix of fact and fantasy

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

    Urmi Chanda
    · Feb 26, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • The Mahabharata exists in many versions and translations. But how many people actually read it?

    The Mahabharata exists in many versions and translations. But how many people actually read it?

    GN Devy
    · Feb 11, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • ‘I had no Konkani books to read. It was the language in which one laughed’: Damodar Mauzo

    ‘I had no Konkani books to read. It was the language in which one laughed’: Damodar Mauzo

    Jerry Pinto
    · Jan 09, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • Why Devdutt Pattanaik has attempted an Indian retelling of Jewish, Christian and Islamic lore

    Why Devdutt Pattanaik has attempted an Indian retelling of Jewish, Christian and Islamic lore

    Devdutt Pattanaik
    · Dec 20, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Christophe Jaffrelot on the way Hindutva is changing history and science textbooks in schools

    Christophe Jaffrelot on the way Hindutva is changing history and science textbooks in schools

    Christophe Jaffrelot
    · Nov 19, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • ‘Strangers in our own land’: Shashi Tharoor on the heritage of Malayalis who live away from Kerala

    ‘Strangers in our own land’: Shashi Tharoor on the heritage of Malayalis who live away from Kerala

    Shashi Tharoor
    · Nov 08, 2021 · 08:30 am
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