In this interview, Anuja Chandramouli tells us what fascinates her about the Mahabharata and why she wrote about Abhimanyu, the responsibilities of writing mytho-fictions, and more. In this interview, ...

No other text has survived the many historical vicissitudes of Indian civilization as the Mahabharata has done. The epic story has overshadowed all other forms of human expression, and remained a ...

A few years ago, I was tasked with doing some background research for a TV show based on the legend of an ancient Indian king. I took on the project with gusto, pulling out every fact about the ...

The precipice of history is a delightful space; it’s like being away from the crowd with no fear of self-abnegation or public scrutiny. It is this precipice that Allah Baksh invested with much energy ...

Have you ever read a book and wished you could imagine its characters in a different scenario? National Award winning documentary filmmaker and author Trisha Das, whose new book The Misters Kuru - A ...

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. It’s 100 years of the Self-Respect Movement in Tamil Nadu, which changed the political discourse in the State. In a piece, C. Palanivel Rajan ...

Srilata, in her book, becomes the voice of five major women characters of The Mahabharata. Each of them stood up for themselves but were defeated and suffocated by the actions of either their partners ...

Last year, I didn’t realise until I was well into writing that I would be working on two books at the same time, each from a text that could not be more unlike the other. The Ramayana (which is the ...

In the grand tapestry of the Mahabharata, where every character stands as a symbol of human emotion and moral complexity, ...