Illustration: Ankita Badade Shyama (meaning ‘dark’) and Sabala (meaning ‘spotted’) can be described as dusk and dawn. Only ...

Dr Sonia Verma The narratives of Draupadi and Chanakya provide compelling case studies on the cultural significance of hair manipulation in ancient India. Both figures, although from different ...

A Dalit woman and a Muslim man had an affair. The man’s mother opposed their marriage, hurling caste-based abuses at the ...

The Mahabharat is one of the two major epics in Sanskrit of ancient India It contains over one lakh couplets and is thrice as long as the Bible However only a fraction of the narration actually deals ...

Imagine standing on a crowded metro, headphones plugged in, your thoughts racing between the deadlines at work and the argument you had with your loved one last night. Life feels like a battlefield, ...

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni This story is depicted from Draupadi’s point of view of the Mahabharata, showcasing her emotions about her role in the war. The Immortals of ...

TV actor Arun Singh Rana, who made his debut with Saurabh Raj Jain’s Mahabharat in 2013 recently announced that he is officially divorced after four years. The actor described it as a ‘bad ...

Draupadi touched them. They understood they wanted to be like her. What was I doing right? I came out of The Mahabharata five years older, light years more experienced and resilient, with the ...

By Brian Seibert Like other ancient epics, the Mahabharata teems with stories ... embodiment of nature and balance; Draupadi, the mother of one warring clan, who is lost in a rigged game of ...

Anantha Sriram criticised Prabhas' Kalki 2898 AD for its depiction of Karna, claiming the makers portrayed him as "superior to Arjuna".