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TopicMahabharata

Topic: Mahabharata

Arshia Sattar takes Hindu mythology beyond an Amar Chitra Katha-type narrative

Her wonderful writing and Ishan Trivedi’s colourful illustrations make ‘Garuda & the Serpents’ come alive for children as well as adults.

Evil in the Mahabharata deserves a book. This one is not it

US-based professor Meena Arora Nayak’s take on the epic seems to push an agenda. Readers ought to rather read the original text.

UP deputy CM’s claim that Sita was a test tube baby fails our accuracy test 100%

No evidence of Sanjay’s ‘live telecast’ of the battle of Kurukshetra; nor was there any technology for test tube babies during the time of Ramayana.

Tripura CM’s claim that internet existed during Mahabharata failed our accuracy test 100%

There is zero evidence of Sanjaya sitting in a CCTV control room of sorts, narrating the war live to the blind Dhritarashtra.

Being liberal doesn’t mean being Leftist, says author Amish Tripathi

The author of the bestselling Shiva Trilogy said that Indian scriptures are far more liberal than we think, but society has forgotten what they stood for.

Both Rahul Gandhi & Narendra Modi subscribe to a western, Christian reading of Mahabharata

The villain in Hindu narratives is not evil but is just someone frightened and clinging to wealth, power and throne.

Rahul Gandhi’s no Pandava. A dynast who flees the battlefield, he’s more like Duryodhana

Had the Congress party president actually read the Mahabharata and dispassionately examined his own record, he would have come to the opposite conclusion.

The BJP wants to rewrite history so that its politics can be all about ideology

In a desperate rush to make factual history out of our grandmother's stories, these culture warriors denigrate something more powerful – power of imagination.

To attack critics Modi used Shalya, Mahabharata’s master of psychological warfare

Searches for ‘Shalya’ in Google shot up dramatically after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on critics of his government's handling of the economy

On Camera

I finally got to say goodbye to Zubeen Garg. ‘Roi Roi Binale’ left me in tears

I wasn't home when others could pay their respects to the singer or catch a last glimpse. The movie was my way of accessing him one final time.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.