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Ashok Banker was born in Mumbai in 1964. He had a multi-religious background, growing up in a Christian household and being educated in a Jewish school. Banker was raised by his grandmother, May Agnes Smith. She married Mr. D'Souza, an Indian Christian from Goa, and the couple settled in Byculla in Mumbai.
Author Ashok Banker, authored an eight-volume imaginative retelling based on the Ramayana which found considerable success and was credited with ushering in a new wave of interest in the epic as well as other mythological retellings. Banker's version took considerable liberties with the original Sanskrit epic yet found critical acclaim.
The Hindu epic Mahabharata, which gives a detailed tale about her, recognizes her as one of Kashyapa's many wives. [3] [4] ... Banker, Ashok K. (2012).
There are three recent Mahabharata versions that should be added. One is the full English translation by the author Ashok Banker. His own page should also be updated. Another is an English condensation by the author Sharon Maas: Sons of Gods, the Mahabharata Retold, working under the pen name Aruna Sharan. Sharon's page should also be updated.
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India composed by Veda Vyasa.At its heart lies the epic struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas.The central characters include the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva—along with their wife Draupadi.
The Battle of the Ten Kings (Sanskrit: दाशराज्ञ युद्ध, IAST: Dāśarājñá yuddhá) was first alluded to in the 7th Mandala of the Rigveda (RV) and took place between a king of the Bharatas named King Sudas versus a confederation of tribes.
Mahabharat is an Indian Hindi-language epic television series based on the ancient Sanskrit epic Mahabharata.The original airing consisted of a total of 94 episodes [2] and were broadcast from 2 October 1988 to 24 June 1990 on Doordarshan.
A Mouthful of Sky is an Indian television series which aired in 1995 on DD National.It was the first serial in English to be produced in India. [2] Aired on DD National and based on the script by Ashok Banker, the serial deals with the lives, loves, ideals and aspirations of the post-independence generation of Indians, people in their mid-thirties who straddle the twin worlds of conventional ...