Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s latest book The Forest of Enchantments helps us look at Ramayana from a different gaze, by re-interpreting Sita. In recent times, a lot of authors are going back to ancient Indian texts and mythological stories, giving modern Indians a fresh and differing viewpoint on these tales. https://www.facebook.com/SheThePeoplePage/videos/2331797077133442/ SOME TAKEAWAYS Many authors today […]

There has been a slow yet visible drive to ensure women’s invisibilisation from cultural narrative. We are witnessing an increased trimming of women’s role in shaping our culture and in our mythology too. Even gods have not escaped this desire to belittle the feminine role in the ways of the world. Which is why we see more […]

In a power-packed session during the Women Writers’ Fest in Ahmedabad, Devdutt Pattanaik asked the audience why aren’t we telling stories of cool mythological female characters like Sati and Savitri more often? He elaborated, how the word ‘Sati Savitri’ conjures the image of a bechari mahila, but when you read their stories, they don’t come […]