Wendy Doniger

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

In light of India

A collection of youthful letters from her year in the country hints at the ideas that eventually shape Wendy Doniger's research and prolific writing

Sun, fire and sacrifice

Wendy Doniger delves into the equine in Indian myth and culture

'Beyond Dharma': Wendy Doniger on spirit of dissent in ancient Hindu texts

Wendy Doniger demonstrates how the spirit of dissent encouraged by the scientific temper displayed in ancient Hindu texts is being pitted against the 'forces of repressive dharma'

Carry on, Wendy

In her latest book 'Against Dharma', Wendy Doniger is deliberately provocative and at worst just plain silly

Wendy Doniger and the mythology of the ring

Doniger offers fascinating insight into complex relationship between genders down the ages