MMyth BalaramJuly 18, 2020No comments Balaram is not spoken of as often as his younger brother Krishna, but he too holds a spot… Read More
FFolktale The fruits of truthMarch 2, 2020No comments Sarala Dasa’s Odiya Mahabharata has an interesting folk tale that is not found in any other version of… Read More
MMyth The king who became a womanOctober 8, 2018No comments In the Mahabharata, Yudhishthira asks Bhishma to tell him who gains greater pleasure from sex, man or woman?… Read More
EEpics The legend of KurukshetraMarch 26, 2018No comments In the Mahabharata, Kurukshetra is where the great battle between the Pandavas and Kauravas was fought. It has… Read More
EEpics Shantanu and DevapiFebruary 4, 2018No comments Shantanu, king and father of Bheeshma the great grandfather of the Pandavas and Kauravas in the Mahabharata, is a familiar… Read More
BBlog Olympia: Where myth meets historyOctober 1, 2015No comments The guide’s voice carried on behind me, in front of me were my excited daughter and husband racing… Read More
BBlog Black Magic in the MahabharataJuly 1, 20152 comments Epics in India have many versions. Written and told by different people in different parts of the region,… Read More
EEpics The forest of fearFebruary 1, 2015No comments The ‘Stri parva’ section of the Mahabharata narrates a story. In the story a Brahmin was journeying on… Read More