Why have we lost the spirit of questioning handed down by the Vedas, the Upanishads, the epics?
Why have we lost the spirit of questioning handed down by the Vedas, the Upanishads, the epics?
How can we, superstition-ridden, and unable or refusing to think for ourselves, be the descendants of the writers of these works, asks novelist Shashi Deshpande 8 hours ago The vastraharan episode of the Mahabharata shows the Pandavas in poor light. Why wasn t it removed in retellings? | Illustrations by Evelyn Paul
Many decades back I wrote a story on Amba, a character from the
Mahabharata. The story travelled around, collecting rejections all the way. Only one editor gave me a reason: when most readers would not know who Bhishma is, why would they be interested in a story which centred round an almost unknown character like Amba? Would I write a brief note explaining who Amba was? An explanatory note to a short story?
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