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Samhita Arni is an Indian writer who writes in English. She is best known for her adaptations of Indian epic poetry . She started writing and illustrating her first book The Mahabharatha - A Child’s View at the age of eight.
Samhita Arni has been interested in Hindu mythology since she was a child. She has written The Mahabaharata: A Child’s View, a version of another great I...
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Dec 25, 2021 · Samhita Arni was four when her father, an officer in the Indian Foreign Service, was handed a Pakistan posting. In Karachi’s embassy library, she found several versions of the Mahabharata. Having read the text over and over again, she decided to illustrate and rewrite Vyasa’s epic.
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Sep 27, 2011 · Rather than portraying Sita as a meek and docile victim, Samhita Arni and Moyna Chitrakar use intimate prose and alluring illustrations to deliver us a heroine of resilience, endurance, and captivating grace.
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Mar 22, 2012 · Samhita Arni is the new-age mythologist who found herself knee-deep in the Indian epics since she was a child. She has travelled extensively, exploring different...
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Jan 15, 2013 · Forced to flee Ayodhya, the journalist makes her way through a war-devastated Lanka in search of answers. In this stylish speculative thriller, Samhita Arni skilfully combines her love for mythology with riveting storytelling. Show more. Genres Fiction Indian Literature. 240 pages, Hardcover.
The Indian writer Samhita Arni’s new version of the Hindu epic Ramayana is making waves across the world. She tells us why every generation should have their own version of the classic tale.
