How Hollywood Films Have Reimagined The South Asian Epic ‘Ramayana’

(ANALYSIS) For hundreds of years, people from different religious traditions across South Asia have retold the “Ramayana” through dramas, narrative poems, shadow puppet plays, pageants, folk songs, comics, television shows and many other mediums. Director Nitesh Tiwari’s upcoming “Ramayana” film is the latest retelling of this epic tradition.

Analysis, Arts & Culture, Buddhism, Asia, History, India, News, Society, Film & TVSohini Sarah PillaiOctober 14, 2026Dr. Sohini Sarah Pillai, Sohini Sarah Pillai, news, analysis, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sita, film and TV, Asia, India, RamayanaComment

In Photos: India Celebrates Diwali, The Festival of Light

One of the largest Hindu festivals is also celebrated by Sikhs, Jains and other faiths. In India’s capital, Diwali featured a laser show to discourage firecracker smoke, which in past years has polluted the city with days or weeks of smog.

Asia, News, Primary Feature, ReligionAvinash GiriOctober 27, 2019India, Avinash Giri, Diwali, Delhi, Primary Feature, Lord Ram, Rama, Sita, good and evil, deepawali, Hinduism, Hindus, Secondary FeatureComment

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