"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.
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.
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.
Thai Chargé d'Affaires Thirapath Mongkolnavin said the Namaste Thailand Festival celebrates the “deep-rooted cultural connections that have enriched Thailand and India.”
'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.
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 Cultural Poetics of Bhasha Literatures', an Orient BlackSwan publication, explores interrelations between languages, literatures, and cultures in South Asia.
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.
In the last 2 years, a slew of Ramayana-inspired films—Adipurush to Singham Again—have reimagined mythological characters as hypermasculine warriors. ‘It’s the preferred image for its politics’.
Indian leaders like Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and Morarji Desai were regarded as arrogant by the West — unlike Pakistani leaders, who were always ready to kneel.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
On NSG raising day, Home Minister also opens Special Operation Training Centre at NSG facility in Manesar. Besides NSG troops, it will also train state police forces.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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