Recent Highlights
All Stories for Indian Mythology
Cargo director Arati Kadav on challenges of making an indie sci-fi film, and perks of a screening at SXSW
Seemas12 • 5 years agoArati Kadav's debut film Cargo, starring Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi, premiered at the 21st MAMI Mumbai Film Festival last year.
Wildlife Week 2019: A saga of India's Turtle Man Friday and the sea turtles he is fighting to protect
Abigailb • 6 years agoSea turtle have been around for the last 220 million years. since the time of the dinosaurs.
Mythology for the Millennial: On Shakuntala, Dushyanta and the one ring that bound them both
Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan • 6 years agoOn Shakuntala, the heroine of perhaps one of the best-known love stories in Hindu mythology.
In Ahalya's Awakening, Kavita Kané questions the penalty for infidelity, and its significance in Indian mythology
Aishwaryasahasrabudhe • 6 years agoAhalya's Awakening, as the author notes, traces the paradox of its eponymous protagonist, who is "deemed promiscuous", and yet, is seen as a symbol of chastity.
Mythical animals and birds are integral to our culture; we must pass on their stories to the younger generation
Maneka • 6 years agoOther countries celebrate their mythical animals. Garuda belongs to Indian mythology but is the national bird and symbol of Indonesia.
The One Who Had Two Lives: Read an excerpt from Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan's book on Amba
Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan • 6 years agoThe story of Amba and her two sisters is one of the most interesting ones in the Mahabharata, and is retold in The One Who Had Two Lives
Mythology for the Millennial: Whether Ravana was evil is debatable — his violation of consent is not
Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan • 6 years agoThe Uttara Kanda details an episode where Ravana raped an apsara. However, it is possible that this incident was included in the Ramayana so that we don't feel any sympathy for the so-called Demon King
SC ruling on Section 377 has removed legal barriers, now emotional ones must be tackled: Devdutt Pattanaik
Devdutt Pattanaik • 7 years agoWe are not a conventional, fundamentalist state that frowns on pleasure and private acts of intimacy, says Devdutt Pattanaik
Water as metaphor: Notes on Indianostrum's riveting new theatrical production Kunti Karna
Lakshmisreeram • 7 years agoThrough the play's depiction of Karna's life and state of mind, the viewer understands why the abiding rasa of the Mahabharata is 'Shanta' or quiescence
The many faces of Sita and Shankuntala: Uma Chakravarti on the need to look beyond patriarchal interpretations
Kartik Maini • 7 years agoAfter Sita and Shakuntala were freed of their cultural glorification and patriarchal portrayals, they became the sort of women that every feminist should aspire to be | #FirstCulture