Section
Indian Mythology
The Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the gods, heroes, and rivals who fill them.
Karna: The Warrior Who Fought His Own Brothers and Never Knew
Born to a queen, raised by a charioteer, cursed twice, and tricked out of the armour that kept him alive. In the Mahabharata, Karna fought his own brothers, and learned the truth too late.
Jul 24, 2026
Krishna: The Many Faces of a God
He is the mischievous child who steals butter, the flute-player who enchants the gopis, the strategist of the Mahabharata, and the god who speaks the Bhagavad Gita. How does one figure hold so many faces at once?
Jul 22, 2026
The Mahabharata: The Poem That Claims to Contain the World
Two sets of cousins, a rigged game of dice, and a war that eighteen days could not contain. An introduction to the Mahabharata, the longest epic ever composed and the poem that claims to hold the whole of human life.
Jul 20, 2026
The Villain of the Ramayana Was Also a Scholar, a Musician, and a King
In the epic he abducts Sita and is destroyed by Rama. The same epic makes him a master of the four Vedas, a devotee of Shiva, and a mighty king. This is the fuller Ravana, and why a few towns honor him.
Jul 18, 2026
Rama and the Price of Being the Ideal Man
He surrendered a throne on a day's notice, fought a war to recover his abducted wife, and then faced choices readers have wrestled with ever since. The story of the man held up as perfect.
Jul 15, 2026
The Ramayana: The Story a Civilisation Has Never Stopped Telling
By tradition it began with a cry of grief at a riverbank. Two thousand years on, the story of Rama, Sita, and Ravana is still recited, danced, carved in stone, and lit up in a hundred million doorways. An introduction to the Ramayana.
Jul 13, 2026