Mahabharata
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Are the (TV) Mahabharata and Ramayan “Right Wing”?
Asks whether the 1980s Doordarshan Ramayan and Mahabharata serials paved the way for Hindu nationalism, as many Left-liberal Indians argue. The author is fascinated that this view is respectable, and…
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When myth becomes reality
After watching Netflix’s Arjun: The Warrior Prince, the author compares the Mahabharata to the Iliad as a layered text blending periods, and notes that recent genetics likely confirms steppe agro-pastoralists…
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Review: Jaya by Devdutt Pattanaik
Reviews Devdutt Pattanaik’s Jaya, a highly condensed modern retelling of the Mahabharata, introducing the epic’s composite authorship and length and the author’s path from medicine and pharmaceuticals to writing on…
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Harappa in Chattisgarh
A note on reported finds of a 2,500-year-old planned city at Tarighat in Chhattisgarh, quoting the state archaeology department, and asking whether it has any demonstrable link to the Indus…
