Abstract
In her article "Elements of Hinduism in Chandra's Red Earth and Pouring Rain" Corinne M. Ehrfurth explores how Hindu tenets in the Bhagavad-gītā continue to provide a didactic framework that inspires contemporary Indian literature. Ehrfurth highlights the similarities between characters, consumed with doubt and seeking understanding, in the ancient Indian text and Vikram Chandra's novel Red Earth and Pouring Rain where protagonists represent the diversity and complexity of Hinduism to a global audience. In examining how the novel's protagonists handle dilemmas, Ehrfurth presents Chandra's novel as illuminating how healthy and destructive actions affect one's ability of achieving the peaceful resolve found in the Bhagavad-gītā.
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Ehrfurth, Corinne M
"Elements of Hinduism in Chandra’s Red Earth and Pouring Rain."
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
14.2
(2012):
<https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.1844>
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