Of disappearing women and theatre of the senses

The Hindu Lit for Life discusses the depictions of women and the immersive theatre experience

All the writings and sources of evidence were often lost or obfuscated easily when it came to women in history, said author and historian Ira Mukhoty on Saturday.

In a conversation with Pankaja Srinivasan, senior journalist, on the second day of The Hindu Lit for Life 2021 organised virtually, Prof. Mukhoty said it was quite hard to find sources for her book on the women of the Mughal empire, Daughters of the Sun even though she was dealing with the well-documented period of late 16th century to early 18th century.

Highlighting that the idea of her latest book Song of Draupadi - A Novel was to look at the Mahabaratha through the lens of the women characters, she said it was her search for good Indian role models from history or mythology for her daughters that led her to writing the book.