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Reading Santal and Nishnaabeg creation stories
Communities
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Lede
Folk tales help Rajasthan’s desert communities prepare for famine
Television
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The Lede
Indonesia falls for an Indian television remake of the Mahabharata
Pallavi Aiyar
‘Much Later, Achilles and Arjuna Speak of the Gods’ and other poems
Minal Hajratwala
Draupadi Asks
Nishtha Gautam
Television
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Commentary
The latest adaptation of the Mahabharata is unsettlingly eager to be contemporary
Poorva Rajaram
Arts
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Commentary
Weighing contemporary English retellings of myths against other narrative traditions
Deepa Dharmadhikari
Arts
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Essay
How three expat artists approach religion and its relevance in contemporary India
Himanshu Bhagat