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Hindi poet and translator based in Bangalore, India.
Category: Culture
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I recently read an article by Vir Sanghvi, the editor of the Hindustan Times. He blames P V Narasimha Rao for many reasons. To me, knowing Rao’s government is like reading history, as I was too young to understand politics then. But still, with all due respect, I’d like to contradict Mr. Sanghvi.
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These series of articles are an attempt by me to bring into picture, how diversified Ramayana is! Please note that I’m not trying to address or survey all the possible tellings of Ramayana. That’s beyond my scope! My readers are mainly youth and this is an attempt by me to not let these cultures die.…
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According to my teacher– “fiction has one narrative but fact has many”. Ramayana is probably the most fascinating story India has created, and every other man has his own story to tell, and women are not far behind! One such telling is by the Brahmin women of Andhra who sing approximately twenty-five popular Ramayana songs.
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A great Bengali author Michael Madusudan Dutt, a born Hindu, was attracted by Christianity. he converted. Yet his love for the Hindu mythology dawned a new era in the Bengali literature. His masterpiece, Meghnad Badh Kabya (the slaying of Meghnada) reflects the complexity of contact between Indian and British culture. Being a Bengali myself, I…
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The Jaina texts express the feeling that the Hindus have maligned Ravana and made him into a villain. Here is a set of questions that a Jaina text begins by asking- “How can monkeys vanquish the powerful raksasa warriors like Ravana? How can noble men and Jaina worthies like Ravana eat flesh and drink blood?…
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 