BIC TALKS
423. The Realms of Dharma and of the Mahabharata
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Dharma is difficult to translate, and even harder to understand.
In this talk, scholar Frederick Smith draws on nearly five decades of study to illuminate how the concept of dharma moves, shifts, and comes alive across the subcontinent. By tracing regional retellings of the Mahabharata, he reveals how different communities have interpreted its moral tensions. Turning to modern literature such…