As with his other monumental work, Bibek Debroy’s last published volume, Sacred Songs – the Mahabharata’s Many Gitas, devoted ...

Righteousness, even when challenged, ultimately conquers evil. The Pandavas’ victory proves that staying true to dharma leads to lasting triumph. Bhishma’s vow of celibacy and Yudhishthira’s ...

Reams of newsprint were devoted to the coverage of Tata’s death, life and times. The death of Saibaba was reported dutifully ...

In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, ...

Duryodhana’s words on vidhi are in Adi Parva. Yudhishthira’s conduct was always in keeping with dharmic rules. But he had a humiliating defeat in a game of dice, and stood before the Kauravas ...

Yudhishthira performed the Rajasuya yagna. 7. Parashurama cursed Karna that he would forget the divine mantras. 8. Lord Shiva gave Arjuna the Pashupatastra before the Mahabharata war.

Trichy Sri Kalyanaraman said in a discourse that people should not just stop reciting Sri Rama nama but also know its meaning and all the righteous deeds Rama had observed. There should be no ...

Yudhisthira was the first of Pandavas. His mother was Kunti. Who is the father of Yudhishthira in the Mahabharat is explained below in the story. She was married to Pandu. But Pandu could not have ...

In the Mahabharata, Yudhishthira tells the Yaksha: “Nityam Gacchanti Sahasrani Yamalayaha”; “Every day, thousands go to the abode of Yama.” Today, one of our nation’s jewels has entered ...