This novel imagines the life of the goddess Sarasvati and her unique marriage to the god Brahma

Kavita Kané

· Aug 04, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Wendy Doniger on how Saranyu the mare raises theological questions about the origin of humans

Wendy Doniger

· Jul 28, 2021 · 08:30 am

‘Murugan Trilogy’: Part one begins with Ganesh waiting for his brother Murugan to be born

Kala Krishnan

· Jul 23, 2021 · 05:30 pm

How Arjuna from ‘Mahabharata’ and Rustam from Iran’s ‘Shahnamah’ are strikingly similar

Alireza Sedighi

· Jul 11, 2021 · 09:30 pm

The lesser known Mahabharata: How Gandhari’s curse decimated Krishna’s clan

Uday Shankar

· Apr 04, 2021 · 05:30 pm

This novel about the myth of Ahalya turns the traditional seduction narrative on its head

Rituparna Roy

· Jan 02, 2021 · 12:30 pm

This novel imagines the life of Krishna before he became the master strategist of the Mahabharata

Krishna Udayasankar

· Oct 27, 2020 · 08:30 am

Is ‘Suhledev’ history, fiction, or myth? Amish’s new book deliberately blurs the question

Nikhil Govind

· Sep 26, 2020 · 05:30 pm

‘Krishna’: Remembering Anant Pai’s iconic Amar Chitra Katha comic book published 50 years ago

Gayathri Prabhu

· Jul 12, 2020 · 08:30 am

In a Himachal village, folklore has shaped residents’ relationship with leopards

Bhanu Sridharan

· Dec 28, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Who was Mandodari? Each version of the Ramayana gives Ravana’s wife a different role and story

Bhavana Pankaj, Sahapedia

· Dec 08, 2019 · 11:30 am

Devdutt Pattanaik and Amruta Patil pick a minor myth for their graphic novel about forest mystique

Rituparna Sengupta

· Nov 23, 2019 · 07:30 am

World Yoga Day: This book reveals the mythological origins of yogic poses

Pragya Bhatt

· Jun 21, 2019 · 07:30 am

‘A Kind of Freedom Song’: In life and mythology, women find a voice after violence in these poems

Aditi Rao

· Apr 25, 2019 · 05:30 pm

A metaphysical search for the figure of Radha becomes an academic and literary one in this book

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Feb 24, 2019 · 07:00 am

The granting of Kumbhakarna’s boon: The Ramayana is told through a multitude of voices in this book

Amit Majmudar

· Feb 19, 2019 · 08:30 am

‘Sitai and Surpanakai’: This story turns a female rivalry from the Ramayana on its head

Anita Sivakumaran

· Aug 16, 2018 · 08:30 am

‘The Birth of Kali’: Women from mythology reclaim their space in the stories men wrote about them

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Aug 06, 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

Soccer team rescue: In Thai caves lurk many legends and sacred tales

Andrew Alan Johnson, The Conversation

· Jul 12, 2018 · 11:30 pm