Raavan thus remains locked in his megalomaniac trajectory. In Valmiki’s Ramayan, considered the mula Ramayan or the received source text, Raavan is described as “strange, with ten heads, terrible yet ...

As the vibrant festivities of Dussehra unfold across the nation, especially in north India, with joyous chants of ‘‘Bhagwan Ram Chandra Ki Jai’’ and towering effigies of Raavan going up in flames, an ...

The Ram-Raavan yuddh (battle) had ended. The mighty Lord of Lanka had fallen to the all-powerful Brahmastra. He had slipped to the ground from his chariot and lay amidst the blood and gore of the ...

For the lovers of Indian films at home and around the world — and they number in the hundreds of millions — the coming of Raavan held the promise of celebration: Holi and Diwali in one blast of ...

Shrimad Ramayan explores the powerful saga of Lord Ram and Sita, currently separated with Sita living in a forest ashram with her sons, Luv and Kush, who are unaware of their lineage. Actor Praneet ...

Saif Ali Khan is not Arvind Trivedi. And this is not 1987. Agarbatti is no longer used to create a fog scene. And cotton needn’t be pasted on glass to create a night sky with clouds. Why then does an ...