Wendy Doniger and the Magic of Hindu Myth (Univ. of Chicago 1990)
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On one level, this is a long form documentary about eminent (and eminently sparkling and intelligent) Wendy Doniger, the professor of Sanskrit and Hindu Mythology at the University of Chicago. On a deeper level, it is about Hindu myth, and Hindu gods, and the ways that the human and divine Narrator becomes part of the story He/She is telling. How those two themes interweave
is the subject of the piece, which is one of my favorites from throughout my career. Listen with the lights off!
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