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Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi compares Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan to Mahabharata's Abhimanyu, addressing ...
Mahasweta Devi's Draupadi reclaims the body as resistance, rewriting the epic heroine as a tribal rebel who stands unbowed ...
Union Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday drew a pointed comparison from the Mahabharata to address Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan's ...
In 'The Cave of Echoes', Wendy Doniger shows how the stories of mythology—whether of gods, sages, demons or humans—enable ...
Before even the gods begin, they invoke Him. But few remember that the great epic Mahabharata — the very voice of dharma — was once written by the hands of none other than Lord Ganesha. When we think ...
Independent MP Pappu Yadav criticizes the Election Commission for their method of revising electoral rolls in Bihar, aligning ...
Purani Dilli to Ayodhya, Fouzia Dastango is reimagining Hindu epics to Meena Kumari’s story in Urdu. Crowds love it.
Last Thursday was Guru Purnima. It has become a beautiful occasion to honour personal gurus. But its core reason remains ...
The scale of the “Mahabharata” is daunting.. The ancient Indian epic stands as the longest poem ever written, about 10 times as long as “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” combined.
How Mahabharata got its name? - The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Ramayana. Besides its epic narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the ...
Disney India to Produce Two-Part Feature on ‘Mahabharata’ Epic. Abhishek Kapoor will direct the epic about two related and warring families, with best-selling author Ashok Banker writing the ...