Diwali: Reclaiming the Festival of Lights
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Diwali is the Prakrit way of saying Deepavali, a Sanskrit word meaning ‘the festival of lights.’ This festival has been increasingly dominated by a single Hindi-belt narrative: that it commemorates the Rama’s return to Ayodhya after his forest-exile. But Diwali is also about Krishna and Yama...
5 Nov 14:00 · Star of Mysore