When people talk of strength, they frequently mean sacrifice, silence, or ability to fight. However, Draupadi from the Mahabharata shows a different sort of power, one that resists, questions, burns, ...

After teaming on Bengali-language film “Binodiini – Ekti Natir Upakhyan” (“Binodiini – Tale of a Theater Artist”), director Ram Kamal Mukherjee and actor Rukmini Maitra are collaborating again on ...

Yagneseni is another name for Draupadi, the central female character and wife of the Pandavas in the epic Mahabharata. A name that comes from her birth in the s ...

Extremely exotic in both art and outlook, this story from Indian mythology covers several generations of dark scheming and glorious deeds. After emerging full-grown from a fire ritual, the beautiful ...

During a time when women were supposed to remain quiet and obedient, Draupadi dared to break all the rules. A pivotal character in the Mahabharata, she was renowned for her fiery sense of justice, ...

A palpable sense of hurt peering through stern eyes confronts us on the cover of Kavita Kané’s new book, which narrates not Draupadi’s tale but Hidimbi’s, Bhima’s first wife, the demon-wife in ...

Hastinapur, which has references in the Mahabharat as the capital of the Kuru dynasty, is among the 15 archeological sites to ...