S. L. Bhyrappa
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Born in Blood: a relook at the final act of Parv
A second look at the final act of S. L. Bhyrappa’s novel Parva, the retelling of the Mahabharata. The author reads its closing scenes as a study of war’s futility,…
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A civilization born in blood : a relook at the final act of Parva
Revisiting S. L. Bhyrappa’s novel Parva, Nachiketa reads its final act as a study of the futility of war, from Bhima finding the Hidimba forest burned to the Yadava fratricide,…
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Book Review: Saartha – 8th Century India recreated
Nachiketa praises S. L. Bhyrappa’s novel Saartha, a first-person journey of a Brahmana in eighth-century India, for bringing a real historical world to life in its own zeitgeist, including debates…
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Parva: An epic masterpiece
Nachiketa calls Parva the best retelling of the Mahabharata he has read: a slow build of first-person arcs towards the great war that he found unputdownable, with notable attention to…
