The Mahabharata, one of the world's longest epic poems, has captivated generations with its intricate narrative of cosmic struggles and moral dilemmas. Set against the backdrop of ancient India, 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 ...

Last week I saw the first part of Why Not Theatre’s Mahabharata at the National Arts Centre, an epic play based on an ancient Sanskrit story. Part 1 - The Life We Inherit introduced us to the many ...

Srilata, in her book, becomes the voice of five major women characters of The Mahabharata. Each of them stood up for themselves but were defeated and suffocated by the actions of either their partners ...

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 ...

Is it possible to find a precise date for what was perhaps the most important battle in our early history, the Kurukshetra war? I believe this is entirely possible using clues from a specific episode ...

The genesis of Abhinav Agarwal’s latest book, Completing Vyas’s Mahabharata, lies in an article by Columbian scholar and academic Alf Hiltebeitel. Titled Not Without Subtales: Telling Laws and Truths ...

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 ...

For centuries, the Mahabharata has been more than just a myth, it's been a living, breathing legend that has shaped Indian culture. But where did this epic truly end? Historians, archaeologists, and ...

All episodes of Kurukshetra: Part 1 are now streaming on Netflix in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. Netflix’s animated series Kurukshetra brings the Mahabharata’s blood-soaked ...