印度 · Ramayana · India
Continue the Ramayana: Sita's voice
Rama rescues Sita, then — doubting her — subjects her to trial by fire, and finally banishes her. The Ramayana's...
印度 · Mahabharata · India
The great war is over, the field is a cremation ground, and Yudhishthira — who never lied — must rule a kingdom of widows. The Mahabharata's ending is famously bleak: even heaven disappoints. Continue: Yudhishthira's first year as king of ashes.
印度 · Ramayana · India
Continue the Ramayana: Sita's voice
Rama rescues Sita, then — doubting her — subjects her to trial by fire, and finally banishes her. The Ramayana's...
印度 · Kalidasa · India
Continue Shakuntala: after the ring
Shakuntala is recognized at last — the ring found, the curse lifted, the king remembers. Kalidasa gives us the...