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Valour, betrayal and desire: heroes and villains in Indian paintings

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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
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Nisha Somasundaram explores both male and female heroes and demons in Indian epics in this TORCH Bite-Size talk at the Ashmolean Museum LiveFriday.
This talk introduces the great male and female heroes in Indian epics and the demons they defeated using a mix of scholarly insights, mythical storytelling and exploration of symbolism through performance, movement and gestures.

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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
People
Nisha Somasundaram
Keywords
heroes
villains
Indian paintings
ahmolean
Department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Date Added: 09/02/2016
Duration: 00:15:02

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