by Aseem Gupta | Jul 12, 2020 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Few works have shaped the imaginative, religious, literary, and moral worlds of South and Southeast Asia as deeply as the Ramayana. Its central story is familiar even to many people who have never read it: Prince Rama loses his kingdom, goes into exile with his wife...
by Aseem Gupta | Jul 8, 2020 | Book Summaries and Analysis
The Mahabharata is often introduced as the story of a war between two branches of an Indian royal family, but that description is roughly equivalent to calling Hamlet a story about a prince whose father dies. The dynastic struggle between the Pandavas and Kauravas...
