Ramayana
Superheroes in a Karmic Battle
Bibek Debroy
What the nameless soldier tells us about the morality as well as sociology of wars past and present
The epic riddle of dating Ramayana, Mahabharata
The dating of the Ramayana and Mahabharata is a project that attracts intense debate as passionate pursuers apply new techniques to look for answers
An Epic Obsession
Bibek Debroy has completed a ten-volume translation of the Mahabharata in English. Inside the mind of an economist with a difference whose daytime job nowadays is the restructuring of Indian Railways and duties as a permanent member of the recently formed NITI Aayog
The Shape of Intolerance
AK Ramanujan’s essay—Three Hundred Ramayanas, recently removed from Delhi University’s syllabus—must be read, not argued over
All-new Templates
As Indian graphic novels evolve, they are taking some unfamiliar, unIndian turns, if still to tell familiar stories
Changing Epic Traditions
The Ramayan holds interest for India’s contemporary generation a million years since its first oral telling.
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