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Wendy Doniger, "The Dharma of Unfaithful Wives and Faithful Jackals: Some Moral Tales From The Mahabharata" (Speaking Tiger, 2024)
·1 hr 13 min·5 clips
Did the Mahabharata secretly exonerate Ahalya, the iconic adulteress of Hindu mythology?
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A close reading of the Mahabharata as an argument about dharma, class, and gender.
Wendy Doniger's conversation treats the Mahabharata as an argument about moral order, with wives, children, lineage, and social boundaries all folded into the story.
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Read the Mahabharata as a live argument about women, lineage, and dharma.
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