The blood disorder that inspired vampire lore

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· Nov 06, 2023 · 10:00 pm

Fiction: A retelling of the ‘Ramayana’ from the perspective of Ravana’s queen, Mandodari

Koral Dasgupta

· Jul 04, 2023 · 05:30 pm

New in fiction: Durga joins forces with a group of women to end the rule of demon-king Mahisha

Kevin Missal

· Dec 07, 2022 · 05:30 pm

In illustrations: Tales of conquests and adventures from the life of Alexander the Great

Ursula Sims-Williams

· Oct 27, 2022 · 07:30 pm

‘Lord of The Rings’: A guide to the expanded world of Middle-earth in JRR Tolkein’s other books

Helen Fulton, The Conversation

· Sep 19, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Merging myth with science: The enduring appeal of dragons across cultures

Emily Zarka, The Conversation

· Aug 26, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Feeding divine guests and eating of children: Wendy Doniger on the horrors of hospitality in myths

Wendy Doniger

· May 22, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Adbhut’: A new book surveys all the strangest creatures from Indian myths and folklore

Meena Arora Nayak

· May 20, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Kaikeyi’ tells the story of one of the women the Ramayana forgot to give a voice to

Saloni Sharma

· May 08, 2022 · 08:30 am

‘Mahasena’: The first part of Kala Krishnan’s Murugan trilogy refuses to be a tidy retelling

Priya Balasubramanian

· Feb 26, 2022 · 05:30 pm

The battle between the demons and the gods gets a new spin in this mythological saga

Satyam

· Feb 09, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Illustrations: In Thai Buddhist cosmology, Indra lives in a celestial stupa with 32 other deities

Jana Igunma

· Nov 08, 2021 · 11:30 pm

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