The Mahabharata

Govt to gift two booklets to G20 delegates on Indian democracy, elections

The booklets, titled "Bharat, The Mother of Democracy" and "Elections in India", will be presented to the visiting dignitaries during the G20 Summit

Epic endings: Mahabharata's final chapters

Eminent Indologist Wendy Doniger's latest book focuses on the final days of the protagonists of the epic and makes their stories come alive with different meanings

The Mahabharata and us

G N Devy has produced incisive commentary on what it means to be the inheritors of this vibrant, timeless text

The art of the con

The road to survival in the ancient world was often paved with bluff and deceit. The cons pulled were largely harmless and the subtext was: to survive, man had to trick the gods

The Jagannath road

What is common to Kisari Mohan Ganguli and Manmatha Nath Dutt? Towards end of the 19th century, both translated the Mahabharata, in unabridged form, from Sanskrit to English

Anger on the streets

The burning of the Khandava forest for instance is an act of extreme violence, unforgivable within the epic's own moral code

Psychiatry at least as old as Mahabharata: Indian Medical Association

Psychiatry in India begins with Lord Krishna's successful counselling of Arjuna before the battle

UAE-based billionaire to make Rs 1,000-cr adaptation of Mahabharata

UAE-based billionaire B.R. Shetty will invest Rs 1,000 crore ($150 million) to produce a two part film 'Mahabharata', surpassing even upcoming Rajinikanth starrer Robot 2.0 which drew an investment of Rs350 crore, to make it the most expensive Indian film to be ever made.The film will be directed by renowned ad filmmaker V.A Shrikumar Menon and is scheduled to be released in early 2020, with the second part coming out 90 days after the first. The huge investment will go in recruiting a team of some of the best technicians both from Indian as well as global cinema, including some academy award winners."I believe that this film will not only set global benchmarks, but also reposition India and its prowess in mythological storytelling. I am confident that this film will be adapted in over 100 languages and reach over 3 billion people across the world," said B.R. Shetty, founder and Chairman of UAE Exchange and NMC Healthcare.Shetty, a native of Udupi in Karnataka, built a pharmaceutical .

UAE-based Indian to invest Rs 1,000 cr in 'The Mahabharata' movie

It will be produced in two parts and is scheduled to go on the floors by September 2018