What Bhisham Sahni’s ‘Madhavi’ tells us about female agency (or the lack of it) in the Mahabharata

Pratiti

· Jan 04, 2020 · 08:30 am

As the Amazon burns, the Mahabharata episode of Khandava forest fire serves up an important reminder

Girish Shahane

· Aug 29, 2019 · 07:30 am

How a poetic retelling of the Mahabharata warns us against the rhetoric of vengeance and sacrifice

Nachiket Joshi

· Mar 12, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Your Morning Fix: ‘Kauravas example of stem cell research,’ a claim made at Indian Science Congress

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· Jan 07, 2019 · 06:30 am

Kauravas were test tube babies, claims Andhra University vice chancellor at Indian Science Congress

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· Jan 05, 2019 · 10:31 am

How did the ‘Ramayana’ and ‘Mahabharata’ come to be (and what has ‘dharma’ got to do with it)?

Devdutt Pattanaik

· Dec 13, 2018 · 08:30 am

An unexpected swayamvara: This novel recreates the story of Amba from the Mahabharata

Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

· Dec 11, 2018 · 05:30 pm

‘Putting brownness against a brown background compelled me to dig deeper’: Writer Akil Kumarasamy

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Nov 25, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Mythological fiction in India is finally heading off the beaten path

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Nov 18, 2018 · 08:30 am

Why the polytheism of Hindus (and their texts) leaves the monotheistic West confused

Saikat Majumdar

· Nov 02, 2018 · 08:30 am

Fake news, faeces, fear: Aditya Iyengar’s Mahabharata strips greatness and godliness from the war

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Jul 15, 2018 · 12:30 pm

‘I wanted to write a Mahabharata novel that spoke about the nature of masculinity’

Jai Arjun Singh

· Jul 07, 2018 · 07:45 am

‘Mahabharata’ doesn’t belong to one country or race – Peter Brook’s nine-hour play is proof of that

Sanjukta Sharma

· Jun 14, 2018 · 11:30 am

Live telecast began during the time of Mahabharata, claims Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma

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· May 31, 2018 · 05:21 pm

‘Only hippos have hips’: Twitter can’t have enough of Tripura CM as users #SayItLikeBiplab

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· May 01, 2018 · 03:56 pm

Now, Tripura CM claims India’s space programme proves internet existed in Mahabharata era

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· Apr 21, 2018 · 09:51 am

Tripura CM’s claims about internet in Mahabharat era inspires hilarious memes on ancient Indian tech

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· Apr 20, 2018 · 02:07 pm

Tripura governor backs CM Biplab Kumar Deb’s claims about internet during Mahabharata period

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· Apr 18, 2018 · 04:09 pm

‘They fought over WiFi’: Twitter laughs about Tripura CM’s claims about internet in Mahabharata era

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· Apr 18, 2018 · 02:51 pm

Internet existed during the Mahabharata, says Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb

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· Apr 18, 2018 · 10:00 am