How the Nagas Were Pleased by Harsha & The Shattered Thighs by Bhasa SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work Foregrounds the working black body

Foregrounds the working black body as both a category of analysis and lived experience

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How the Nagas Were Pleased by Harsha & The Shattered Thighs by Bhasa SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work Foregrounds the working black bodyTwo tragic plays that break the rules: both show the hero dying on stage, a scenario forbidden in Sanskrit dramaturgy. King Harsha's play, How the Nagas Were Pleased, composed in the seventh century, re examines the Buddhist tale of a magician prince who makes the ultimate sacrifice to save a hostage snake (naga). The Shattered Thighs, attributed to Bhasa, the illustrious predecessor to ancient Kalidasa, transforms a crucial episode of the Mahabhrata