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UP adds new tourist spot to Mahabharat circuit: Kampil, ‘linked to Draupadi’

September 03, 2025 9:26 am

Rs 4 cr allotted for restoring Draupadi Kund; the place has connection to both Buddhism and Jain pilgrimage

Krishna, Janmashtami, Depiction of Krishna

Devdutt Pattanaik writes: From 'makhan-chor' to rebel icon, MP's recasting of Krishna echoes Gujarat's warrior tradition

August 26, 2025 11:53 am

It reveals a historical push to downplay the playful and romantic sides of the idol for a masculine reimagination

A starring role in the Mahabharata hasn’t cut much ice for strays in the ages since.

The stray dog crisis is real. But the solution cannot be cruelty

August 14, 2025 12:06 pm

The solution needs to take into confidence those who look after strays all over the country: Ordinary people, NGOs

While the project is still in its conceptual stage, SS Rajamouli recently made an announcement about his Mahabharata adaptation that has sparked excitement among many.

SS Rajamouli shares major update on cast of his Mahabharata adaptation: 'Nani is definitely a part of it'

April 28, 2025 10:22 pm

While the project is still in its conceptual stage, SS Rajamouli recently made an announcement about his Mahabharata adaptation that has sparked excitement among many.

Aamir Khan recalls choosing impractical films. (Photo: Reuters)

Aamir Khan announces epic Mahabharata franchise, calls it his ‘biggest ambition'; plans multi-part film series with different directors

April 22, 2025 9:51 am

Aamir Khan announced an epic, Lord of the Rings-style approach to producing an adaptation of the Mahabharata.

Exploring the many Mahabharatas

January 12, 2025 4:00 pm

From Bhasa to KN Panikkar, Ratan Thiyam, Dharamvir Bharti, Mahasweta Devi and Girish Karnad playwrights and theatre directors have, over generations, revisited the Mahabharata

Bhima the tragic hero: Reading and rereading M T Vasudevan Nair’s ‘Randamoozham’

December 30, 2024 7:32 am

Being a prince but growing up like a refugee, being the strongest, but also mocked as a dimwit, being the fastest but called slow-minded, in the late writer’s epic novel, Bhima embodies a range of contradictions

‘Kalki 2898 AD’ on OTT: Indian cinema’s problem lies in its lazy piggybacking on the Ramayana and Mahabharata

August 29, 2024 8:49 am

The influence of the epics isn’t even about searching for layers of meaning, or different versions of the tale. More often than not, the simplest, most regressive telling of the epics will be the ‘inspiration’

Mukesh Khanna, who appeared as Bhishma in BR Chopra's Mahabharat, recently criticised Ekta Kapoor's 2008 series Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki for presenting the characters as "models."

Mahabharat's Bhishma Mukesh Khanna slams Ekta Kapoor’s serial based on Hindu epic: 'She gave Draupadi a tattoo; Pandavas were shown as models'

August 12, 2024 5:03 pm

Mukesh Khanna, who appeared as Bhishma in BR Chopra's Mahabharat, recently criticised Ekta Kapoor's 2008 series Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki for presenting the characters as "models."

Kanwar yatra and the perils of nostalgic Hinduism

July 28, 2024 6:53 pm

Current reinvention of Hinduism — in terms of purity and impurity — owes a great deal to transformation in the cultures of nostalgia. It breaks the connection between actual conditions of life and its romanticised version, and those who are expected to take part in have no role in its propagation

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Book 'Kalam ki cocktail' unveiled

January 10, 2016 3:44 pm

New Delhi, Jan 10 (ANI): Journalist and writer Sharda Shukla on Sunday unveiled her first book, 'Kalam Ki Cocktail' at Constitutional Club in the national capital.The author said the book is a compilation of a wide range of articles, from poetry to informative write-ups, on epic like Mahabharata. She said the book could be used as an encyclopaedia by readers.