Sign in Subscribe

Kaikeyi

Essays

Richard’s Seduction of Anne and Manthara’s Brainwashing of Kaikeyi

Richard’s Seduction of Anne and Manthara’s Brainwashing of Kaikeyi

The episode of Richard III's seduction of Anne and Manthara's slow and effective poisoning of Kaikeyi's mind offers a brilliant comparative analysis of the genius level grasp of literary Masters over human impulses and their real life operation.

By Sandeep Balakrishna
—
It’s Nearly Five Hundred Years: Sri Ramachandra is Awaiting his Return to his Own Home

It’s Nearly Five Hundred Years: Sri Ramachandra is Awaiting his Return to his Own Home

IF there’s one person who has his finger on the pulse of Hindu pusillanimity, inertia and self-imposed helplessness with deadly accuracy, it is Sri Sri Asaduddin Owaisi. Here’s what he said in the wake of the Supreme Court’s latest pronouncement on the Ayodhya case. Asaduddin Owaisi,

By Sandeep Balakrishna
—