Get Your Free Audiobook
-
Shikhandi and Other Queer Stories They Don't Tell You
- Narrated by: Rajiv Dadiya
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
Failed to add items
Add to cart failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
New to Audible Prime Member exclusive: 2 credits with free trial
Shikhandi and Other Queer Stories They Don't Tell You
Buy Now for ₹377.00
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Publisher's Summary
Patriarchy asserts men are superior to women
Feminism clarifies women and men are equal
Queerness questions what constitutes male and female
Queerness isn’t only modern, Western, or sexual, says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. Take a close look at the vast written and oral traditions in Hinduism, some over 2,000 years old, and you will find tales of Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife, Mahadeva, who became a woman to deliver a devotee’s child, Chudala, who became a man to enlighten her husband, Samavan, who became the wife of his male friend, and many more....
Playful and touching - and sometimes disturbing - these stories, when compared with tales of the Mesopotamian Gilgamesh, the Greek Ganymede, the biblical Sodom, or the Chinese "cut sleeve" emperor, reveal the unique Indian way of making sense of queerness. Devdutt Pattanaik’s new book builds on profound ideas that our ancestors shared but that we have rarely inherited.
This book has content for mature audiences. Discretion advised.
Critic Reviews
"Pattanaik is a master storyteller.” (Bibek Debroy, translator of The Bhagavad Gita)
What listeners say about Shikhandi and Other Queer Stories They Don't Tell You
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Placeholder
- 15-03-22
Queer stories that are unknown
Interesting 30 examples of queers in old epics like Mahabharat and others are eye openers.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Sejuti Majumdar
- 17-11-20
Not exactly suits the title
Not all stories exactly belong to the queer category but some do and its not that they don't tell us these stories.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!