Pratibha Ray is one of India's well known contemporary authors from the eastern state of Odisha. Her acclaimed novel Yajnaseni retells the Mahabharata through the eyes of Draupadi, offering a fresh perspective on the Indian epic. In this podcast, she discusses themes of gender, power and social inequality and explains how she uses storytelling to question systems of marginalisation and oppression.
This conversation, recorded at the Kalinga Literature Festival in Kathmandu, features Pratibha Ray speaking with SBS Nepali contributor Sewa Bhattarai, and has been adapted for SBS Hindi.
(Disclaimer-The views/opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the individual. SBS neither agrees nor disagrees with them.)
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