mythology

I recently got trained in Madhubani painting, an art form from Bihar. Here is a brief summary of my experience on learning the traditional art.

In this TED talk, Indian mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains the root cause of the differences between the East and the West, and what mythology means for our modern world.

Scholars of Kolkata's Asiatic Society have discovered a 6th-century manuscript of the Ramayana that has some key differences from Valmiki's widely-known version. Among other things, it depicts Rama as more human than God.