5.06 Ashok Banker: Epic And Unknown Love Stories From The Mahabharata
Find out how romance is depicted throughout Indian mythology!
Ashok Banker makes Tara and Michelle travel through centuries as they talk about his book \u201cEpic Loves: Stories from the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata\u201d. A book which finds love within the epic war of Mahabharata. Find out how love has transformed in our mythologies throughout centuries. If all the mythological stories are written by men, can we avoid the trap of male gaze and misogyny? Whilst retelling the epics, how can you be true to the original text and bring along your own spin to it? And\u2026 are there any LGBTQ+ characters in the epic of Mahabharata? Tune in to find out!
Books & movies mentioned in this episode:
- Amar Chitra
- Stephen King\xa0
- Ponyo by Ghibli studio
- Joseph and his brothers by Thomas Mann
- Harry Potter
- Lord of the Rings
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Produced by Aishwarya Javalgekar
Sound edit by Kshitij Jadhav
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