Economist Bibek Debroy has literally taken on a task of epic proportions in his new avatar as a translator of the Mahabharata, with the first of nine English volumes hitting the bookstores. Economist ...

The grip that the Ramayana and the Mahabharata have over the minds, memories, imaginations, and identities of Indians has no parallel in the literary history in India, or in any other literary ...

As with his other monumental work, Bibek Debroy’s last published volume, Sacred Songs – the Mahabharata’s Many Gitas, devoted to the 24 gitas in the epic apart from the Bhagavad Gita, uses the English ...

BHUBANESWAR: Is the Mahabharat more relevant than ever today? Yes, said Dr Bibek Debroy, who has authored a 10-volume unabridged English translation of ‘The Mahabharat’ between 2010 and 2014. “Why is ...

The Ramayan as reimagined by Ramanand Sagar is back on Doordarshan for the benefit of Indians locked in by the novel coronavirus pandemic. BR Chopra’s Mahabharat is back too – on YouTube. All 94 ...

Pradip Bhattacharya, a retired IAS officer and student of Professor P Lal, has completed the English transcreation of the 'Mahabharata' by translating the 'Anushasana Parva'. This is the only English ...

Mumbai: Mythology has never had it so good. Two of the country’s pre-eminent filmmakers from two corners of the country are all set to do their own take on the Hindu epic Mahabharat. Mani Ratnam has ...