The Latest Breaking News from Sita

Slum to stardom: Indonesian film director Joko Anwar is riding high

Indonesia’s most prolific film director is juggling multiple projects as his latest film proves box office gold.

Al Jazeera · May 7, 2024

Rama Navami: Religious fervour, grandeur marks celestial wedding in Bhadrachalam

Celestial wedding of Sri Rama with his consort Sita was held at Sri Seetharamachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam during Rama Navami festival.

The Hindu · Apr 17, 2024

Hippopotamus gives birth at Thiruvananthapuram zoo

Sita, a 14-year-old female hippopotamus that was born and raised at the zoo, gave birth to the baby hippo around 5 a.m.

The Hindu · Apr 8, 2024

Four sentenced to double life imprisonment for murder of Adi-dravidar woman

Special court in Cuddalore convicts four family members to double life imprisonment for murdering a woman.

The Hindu · Feb 19, 2024

Violence after ‘experimental’ play on campus: Faculty frustrated at Pune univ’s lack of support

Six days ago, a photograph went viral on social media. It was a scene from a stage performance by students of Savitribai Phule Pune University showing an actor dressed as Sita sitting and smoking a cigarette.

Newslaundry · Feb 7, 2024

In Ayodhya, a Ramkatha troupe 10 years ago foretold history

At 12 years old, Akshay had the air of a contemplative adult. For three full days, he regaled me with information – all the facts, figures and folklore related to his village 12 km from Ayodhya.

Newslaundry · Jan 22, 2024

Ayodhya temple receives 2,100-kg bell, 108-feet-long incense stick, other gifts from across the world

Ayodhya Ram Temple: More than 3,000 gifts for Lord Ram from Sita’s birthplace in Janakpur in Nepal have arrived in Ayodhya ahead of the consecration ceremony on January 22

The Hindu · Jan 11, 2024

‘He has Sita and Ram in his name’: Media badgers Yechury after CPIM’s Ram Temple miss

Hours after CPIM’s Politburo member Brinda Karat clarified that no leader from her party will attend the Ram Temple inauguration, a section of the media badgered her party colleague Sitaram Yechury for comments.

Newslaundry · Dec 27, 2023

Do you want today’s women to suffer like Sita: SP’s Maurya on NCERT textbook buzz

Opposing proposal to include Ram's rule in school syllabus, SP's Maurya asks if govt wants women to suffer like Sita. He suggests teaching nation builders, freedom fighters, and heroes like Subhash Chandra Bose, Gandhi, Patel, Ambedkar, Laxmibai, Jhalkari Bai, Azad, Bhagat Singh, Khan, Vismil, Singh.

The Hindu · Nov 22, 2023

How I'll celebrate Diwali as a feminist

A revised epic behind Diwali lauds the perfect subservient Indian woman, perpetuated by a society of extremist men

Salon · Nov 11, 2023