mythology
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This novel imagines the life of Krishna before he became the master strategist of the Mahabharata
Krishna Udayasankar
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Is ‘Suhledev’ history, fiction, or myth? Amish’s new book deliberately blurs the question
Nikhil Govind
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‘Krishna’: Remembering Anant Pai’s iconic Amar Chitra Katha comic book published 50 years ago
Gayathri Prabhu
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In a Himachal village, folklore has shaped residents’ relationship with leopards
Bhanu Sridharan
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Who was Mandodari? Each version of the Ramayana gives Ravana’s wife a different role and story
Bhavana Pankaj, Sahapedia
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Devdutt Pattanaik and Amruta Patil pick a minor myth for their graphic novel about forest mystique
Rituparna Sengupta
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World Yoga Day: This book reveals the mythological origins of yogic poses
Pragya Bhatt
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‘A Kind of Freedom Song’: In life and mythology, women find a voice after violence in these poems
Aditi Rao
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A metaphysical search for the figure of Radha becomes an academic and literary one in this book
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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The granting of Kumbhakarna’s boon: The Ramayana is told through a multitude of voices in this book
Amit Majmudar
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‘Sitai and Surpanakai’: This story turns a female rivalry from the Ramayana on its head
Anita Sivakumaran
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‘The Birth of Kali’: Women from mythology reclaim their space in the stories men wrote about them
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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Fake news, faeces, fear: Aditya Iyengar’s Mahabharata strips greatness and godliness from the war
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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Soccer team rescue: In Thai caves lurk many legends and sacred tales
Andrew Alan Johnson, The Conversation
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Angry Hanuman: This viral image that won Modi’s praise symbolises today’s aggressive, macho India
Mrinal Pande
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This novel about the Hindu god Kartikeya tries bravely to twist old myths into untold new stories
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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An ancient Greek goddess faces (and solves) modern problems in this novel
Urvashi Bahuguna
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Watch: When comic artist Biswa Kalyan Rath gets lessons in mythology from Devdutt Pattanaik
Scroll Staff
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Murder, mystery and mythology: Why Ashwin Sanghi’s novels are blockbuster material for the screen
Ashwin Sanghi
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Cauvery water-sharing: This short film reminds us poignantly of the mythological tale of the river
Scroll Staff