Re-Reading Religious Literature | Author Koral Dasgupta talks to The Citizen

Author Koral Dasgupta talks to The Citizen about her fascination with Panch Kanya or the five virgins from Indian mythology. Her books on Ahalya, Tara and Mandodari from the Ramayana and Kunti and Draupadi from the Mahabharata are a gender response to earlier interpretations of the heroines for patriarchal convenience.