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Articles for Yudhishthira

Epics for children | The greatest wonder in the world
1 week, 2 days ago

Epics for children | The greatest wonder in the world

New Indian Express  

Towards the end of their 12-year-long exile, the Pandavas were residing in Dwaitavana. He found a lake and was about to drink the water when an invisible voice said, “This lake is mine. He did not suspect that the water could be poisoned because his dead brothers looked healthy. After some time, he too went into the lake to drink …

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This Mahabharata adaptation is enlivened by rock music, Kathak and Kalari
3 months, 3 weeks ago

This Mahabharata adaptation is enlivened by rock music, Kathak and Kalari

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI ‘Jaya: The Victory’, a rock musical based on the Mahabharata has many parallels in contemporary global politics, marking the epic’s universal pull. This Mahabharata adaptation is enlivened by rock music, Kathak and Kalari “When Krishna asks Duryodhana to compromise with only five villages for the Pandavas, he says he won’t part with land enough to hold a needle tip. …

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'The dharma of unfaithful wives and faithful jackals' book review: Shifts the epic’s focus from Pandavas
4 months ago

'The dharma of unfaithful wives and faithful jackals' book review: Shifts the epic’s focus from Pandavas

New Indian Express  

To begin with, it is quite a bitter pill to swallow knowing that all women are meant to be base; cheaters and willing to go to any lengths to keep their libidinous desires alive. The first story in this anthology is that of the prostitute Panchachuda, who admits that “women were given an evil dharma, they are just fulfilling their …

Man Unfaithful Wives
Truth is more than words
9 months ago

Truth is more than words

New Indian Express  

Mahabharata lays a great stress on truth. In the Anushasana Parva, Bhishma tells Yudhishthira: Satyeshu yatitavyam vah satyam hi param balam| Exert in truth, for truth is the greatest force. We may think that speaking the truth and refraining from uttering lies may count as following the truth, but this may not always be enough. A plan was hatched by …

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Just Like That | Plumb the philosophical depths of Mahabharata
1 year ago

Just Like That | Plumb the philosophical depths of Mahabharata

Hindustan Times  

The Mahabharata is the biggest epic and the longest poem in the world. The five Pandava brothers —Yudhishthira, Bheem, Arjuna, Sahdev and Nakul — along with their wife, Draupadi are in exile in the Dvaitavana forest, after Yudhishthira lost his kingdom and his wife to the Kauravas in a game of dice. When I first read the Yaksha Prashna, I …

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This Actor Was The 1st Choice For Shri Krishna's Role In BR Chopra's Mahabharata
1 year, 6 months ago

This Actor Was The 1st Choice For Shri Krishna's Role In BR Chopra's Mahabharata

News 18  

Do you remember BR Chopra’s epic television show Mahabharata? When we think about Yudhishthira, we immediately think about the actor Gajendra Chauhan who essayed the mythological character in the series. Not many people know that actor Nitish Bhardwaj, who played Shri Krishna in Mahabharata was not the first choice for the role. Gajendra Chauhan’s career trajectory In the meantime, aside …

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Evolving Mahabharata: Scholar Sunil P. Elayidom’s new book attempts to decode the ancient epic
4 years, 3 months ago

Evolving Mahabharata: Scholar Sunil P. Elayidom’s new book attempts to decode the ancient epic

The Hindu  

Malayalam literature has a rich tradition of interpreting and retelling the Mahabharata. Scholar, critic and writer Sunil P. Elayidom has joined this long list of Mahabharata interpreters and retellers with his latest book in Malayalam, Mahabharatham: Samskarika Charithram. Elayidom’s book is a compilation of his Mahabharata speech series, which he delivered across Kerala from 2016 onwards. The evolution Elayidom, like …

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