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TopicRamayana

Topic: Ramayana

A poet reimagines Sita as a woman caught in conflict. She refuses to school Ravan

Speaking at the Jaipur Literature Festival, poet Anamika said that her version of Sita is modelled after the women who fight for their rights.

Kurukshetra, Gulzar and Netflix. 18 warriors, 18 days of battle in anime

"It’s an invitation for newer audiences to discover its timeless themes through a format that feels fresh, contemporary, and compelling,” said Tanya Bami, Series Head, Netflix India.

This Pakistani theatre group brought Ram and Sita to the stage. ‘It’s our Ramayana too’

The director, Yogeshwar Karera, didn’t know he was making history until a musician pointed out that this is the first time Ramayana has been staged like this in Pakistan.

A Muslim woman is telling Ramayana, Mahabharata stories in Urdu. ‘Stories belong to all’

Purani Dilli to Ayodhya, Fouzia Dastango is reimagining Hindu epics to Meena Kumari’s story in Urdu. Crowds love it.

Ram chose me to make this film: Ramayana director Nitesh Tiwari says at movie’s first look

Yash, whose films K.G.F: Chapter 1 and K.G.F: Chapter 2 were blockbusters, is making his Hindi debut with Ramayana. His Ravan faces off against Ranbir Kapoor's Ram.

25 Thai dancers and 6 musicians recreate Ramayana. It’s universal

Thai Chargé d'Affaires Thirapath Mongkolnavin said the Namaste Thailand Festival celebrates the “deep-rooted cultural connections that have enriched Thailand and India.”

Bhakti poets couldn’t accept Ravana touching Sita. So they created a ‘Maya’ Sita

'Many Ramayanas, Many Lessons' by Anand Neelakantan is part of the author's effort to compile folk, oral, and textual variations of popular stories from Hindu mythology.

New book celebrates plurality of the Ramayana, invites readers to reimagine the Epic

Published by HarperCollins India, 'Many Ramayanas, Many Lessons' by Anand Neelakantan will be released on 12 February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.

A 9th-century critic freed Ramayana of religious meanings. It was just literature for him

'A Cultural Poetics of Bhasha Literatures', an Orient BlackSwan publication, explores interrelations between languages, literatures, and cultures in South Asia.

Assamese Ramayana portrays Sita as a fierce, defiant woman who chooses dignity over kingdom

The book, Sita’s Voice in the Assamese Ramayana, by Tilottoma Misra, has verses from Madhava Kandali’s Saptakanda Ramayana and Srimanta Sankaradeva’s Uttara Kanda Ramayana.

On Camera

If UK’s ’emergency brake’ on study visas is really about rules, why is Pakistan not included?

The selection of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan is curious. Especially when Pakistanis currently constitute one of the largest groups claiming asylum in the UK.

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

The Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.