No other text has survived the many historical vicissitudes of Indian civilization as the Mahabharata has done. The epic story has overshadowed all other forms of human expression, and remained a ...

Peter Brook’s Battlefield springs forth from the last scenes of the Mahabharata, when Yudhisthira of the Pandava clan, having won the apocalyptic war against his Kaurava cousins, tastes defeat in the ...

The Mahabharata is one of the most famous and epic happenings for Hindus worldwide. The battle of Kurukshetra, the siding with Dharma, the betrayals by family, and so much more was a part of ...

The Malayalam critic looks at the epic as a palimpsest of writers and narratives, built up tier by tier over centuries, and thus becoming a veritable history of Indian society and culture Updated - ...

Amongst the many characters in the Mahabharata, the impetuous Ashwathama comes across as a warrior lacking maturity and forethought. He often finds himself in difficult situations as he jumps headlong ...

Rohini Vaishnavi, founder of The Writing Experts. “It is not given to man to know his needs” , says Leo Tolstoy in his short story, “What men live by”. An angel, was sent to earth by god to serve a ...

The Great War of Mahabharata is back with its final part. The Netflix animation depicts the epic battle of Kurukshetra between the Pandavas. Here's everything to know about its OTT release.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Don’t be confused by plots,” says a storyteller in this richly beautiful staging of Mahabharata from Canadian ...