Desire To Think

Tag: Epic Poetry

  • On epic literature and the emotions

    On epic literature and the emotions

    Great literature can express emotions in ways that are powerful yet also subtle.  This is clear in epic literature, such as in the Iliad, which announces itself straight off the bat as a poem rooted in a specific emotion, viz. rage.

  • Ethics and Action in Indian Literature

    Ethics and Action in Indian Literature

    Dharma, religion and morality in the Mahabharata

  • Mahabharata in the time of COVID-19

    Draupadi Ka Danda — HimalayanPeak — Garhwal,India — Wikimedia Commons (AmarChandra) We frequently turn to literature to find analogies for situations that we find ourselves in, both as individuals and as communities. Literature can perhaps provide guidance or a mental model that helps us to deal with situations that may be hard to process rationally or emotionally. In the context of…