TopicMahabharata

Topic: Mahabharata

Remembering Jeevan, Indian cinema’s favourite villain who also played Narad Muni 61 times

Fiza Jha - June 10, 2020

Actor Jeevan Kumar played countless roles in his prolific career, never failing to evolve in his craft.

Indians know all about Draupadi and Sita, but ignore what was done to Subhadra in Mahabharata

Amrita Chowdhury - May 3, 2020

Subhadra’s story in the Mahabharata is different from what we see on DD now. Arjun and Krishna had to appear flawless, after all.

Prasar Bharati likely to telecast Ramayan and Mahabharat after ‘public demand’

Kairvy Grewal - March 25, 2020

Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar has said the public service broadcaster was 'working' with 'rights holders' to air the mythological series.

Arjuna’s arrows had atomic power: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar says at science fair

PTI - January 15, 2020

Governor Jagdeep Dhankar joins a growing list of politicians who have made bizarre claims linking Hindu mythology and science.

Deepika Padukone is set to play Draupadi, India’s first superwoman & #MeToo warrior

Kaveree Bamzai - October 27, 2019

Deepika Padukone's Draupadi will be a two-part film and give women the Baahubali they want.

Girish Karnad’s last work was an unfinished autobiography in English

Chandan Gowda - June 10, 2019

Acted in classics Manthan and Malgudi Days, Sahitya Akademi awardee Girish Karnad revisited historical figure in plays such as Tughlaq and Yayati from Mahabharata.

Subramanian Swamy attacking Modi minister as Shakuni shows he must read Mahabharata again

Kaveree Bamzai - May 22, 2019

Shakuni is much like Game of Thrones' Tyrion Lannister. They both overcome lack of military training to perfect their art of strategic thinking.

Do Indians have a scientific temper? Ancient texts reveal we did, way before the West

C. K. Raju - March 31, 2019

While the West considers Francis Bacon to have invented the experimental method, Indian texts show that we have always had a scientific bent of mind.

How three texts reclaimed Mahabharata for India’s 21st-century avatar

Gautam Chikermane - March 28, 2019

A three-pronged scholarship is according the Mahabharata its rightful place, cleaning it of colonial contaminations, bringing India’s definitive text back to the people of India.

Not even Rama and Laxman could resist the succulent meat preparations of ancient India

Nayanjot Lahiri - December 9, 2018

Meat eating was the norm right through ancient India, which is why even Emperor Ashoka couldn't get his family and subjects to give it up.

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