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A Report on the Present State of the Gods and Goddesses in South Asia First Published in no. 99, March - April 1997
Author(s) : Ashis Nandy
SOME years ago, in the city of Bombay, a young Muslim playwright wrote and staged a play that had gods — Hindu gods and goddesses — as major characters. Such plays are not uncommon in India; some would say that they are all too common. This one also included gods and goddesses who were heroic, grand, schem...
