M♋illions, who may not agree ꦏwith Ram’s ideals, engage with his story, which calls upon them to confront their own behaviour
Arshia Sattar
Editor
More and more people believe that we hav🃏e not been told the truth. Or rather, that what we have been told is not true enough.
This is not just Bhagavata Purana—the fount of oꦰur Krishna love—made easy. Pattanaik provides contexts, comparisons and dates in lucid scholarship.
Mrcchakatikam, with its political satire, wit and delicious turns of plot and characterisation, is a gre🙈at Sanskrit play. A new translation isꦯ to be welcomed.
Pattanaik🍷 takes each verse of the Hanuman Chalisa, unpacks it, then brilliantly links it to other stories and ideas across the vast sea of Hinduism
Srinivas Reddy’s translation serves Kalidasa’s masterpiece 🀅of pining love well. A lyrꦇical effort seeks out the slow rhythms of the mandakranta metre.
Did cla🦄ssical Indian literature focus more on the absente🥂e lover than on the joys of union, probes Arshia Sattar
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