The stories that stick with us — Keerthik Sasidharan and the Mahābhārata

Soul Search

Keerthik Sasidharan grew up with stories from the great Indian epics. They fired his imagination, and they've stayed with him through all kinds of changes — including moving from India to New York City. Now he is reimagining the Mahābhārata, one of the major Sanskrit epics of ancient India.

Keerthik Sasidharan is an author and essayist based in New York City. His first book is The Dharma Forest, published by Penguin India in 2019.

More info

• Read Keerthik Sasidharan's piece in Aeon magazine, The Way of Dharma
• Listen to the episode of Soul Search mentioned in this episode, The music of doubt, grief and transformation