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Using Puranas for Politics

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist After the humiliating defeat of Indians in 1857, there was little doubt that the British were the villains. Indians began using an innovative…

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Published September 30, 2021 · 3 min read
using puranas for politics

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist

After the humiliating defeat of Indians in 1857, there was little doubt that the British were the villains. Indians began using an innovative approach to express their rage and their desire to overthrow the enemy. They enacted stories from the Puranas on stage as metaphors. That way they did not attract the attention of the authorities while whipping up anti-British sentiment.

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