So begins a cycle of 25 ancient stories known in parts of India as the “Vetala Panchavimshati.” Although it may well be two or three thousand years old, it was first written down about a ...

You’ve probably heard of the Iliad or the Odyssey, yet there’s another renowned ancient epic poem that’s almost 10 times longer than those two combined. Almost 4,000 years old, the Sanskrit poem ...

Avatar: The Story of Life - Radha Krishna, written, produced and directed by Kamal Maharaj and Vanita Maharaj, will be staged in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town from this month.

Indian cinema has often turned to mythology for grand storytelling, drawing from ancient texts like the 'Ramayana' and ...

Scholars have struggled to identify fragments of the epic of Gilgamesh — one of the world’s oldest literary texts. Now A.I. has brought an “extreme acceleration” to the field.

Homer’s The Odyssey isn’t just an ancient story—it’s the blueprint for Western literature. Written in the 8th century BCE and set in a mythic version of Greece, this epic poem weaves ...

Stories provide us with our sense of purpose and place. Our common identity is shaped by the epic sagas and heroic characters from ancient times . We are the stories we tell.

So begins a cycle of 25 ancient stories known in parts of India as the “Vetala Panchavimshati.” Although it may well be two or three thousand years old, it was first written down about a ...