Anukruti Upadhyay’s Daura and Bhaunri

Secret voices

The many shades and shapes of love come alive in this exploration of Hinduism

A post-Dharmic take on sexual politics

Despite all the wealth, the epics are not entirely comfortable with displays of ostentation

From the karmic to the dharmic

Fake news in mythology

In her Neapolitan series, Italian novelist Elena Ferrante frees herself from having to create heroic characters

Bibek Debroy concludes his Mahabharata series with a cosmic flourish

Poet-saint Andal’s work proves that she regards the body a site of the sacred as much as the soul

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