Madhuri Maitra, Author at Bonobology.com

Madhuri Maitra

Madhuri Maitra is a teacher, a writer and a film enthusiast. She writes fiction, non-fiction, micropoetry and haiku. Currently she teaches Creative Writing and Film Appreciation at Symbiosis International University, Pune, India. Madhuri is fantastic with the English language, writing, teaching and the science of films. An experienced professional, she helps you see the subject from different perspectives. A straightforward person, she doesn't hesitate to express herself and make a point where it is needed. She is a published author and an effective storyteller. If it is creative writing, teaching, film appreciation, the English language, or authoring a book, Madhuri is one of the best you would know.

He is at peace, and her love goes on

Madhuri Maitra’s poignant reflections on her husband and his last days battling a degenerative lung condition…

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For the Love of Krishna

Krishna loved many women and each of them adored him back. Far from raising eyebrows, people actually celebrate this love.

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Ravana’s wife Mandodari, who teaches us About Acceptance In Love

Mandodari was a frog princess! A fairy tale from another land would have a handsome prince kiss her and carry her away to his palace to be cherished for the rest of her life. But Indian mythology is sometimes harsher. Mandodari had been cursed in a previous birth and was condemned to live as a

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Sometimes We Arrive At Our Life’s Purpose Through Marriage; Like Subhadra For Instance

Everyone has a destiny. In the Mahabharata Subhadra had the most important destiny to fulfill

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Why Gandhari’s Decision To Blindfold Herself Was Wrong

Gandhari blindfolded herself but if she had chosen to see then she could have been Dhritarashtra’s strength

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Celibacy and Being Single: Bhishma set the Tone For Us to Follow

Bhishma’s vow to celibacy for his father is a story from the Mahabharata that everyone talks about. It is a story of supreme sacrifice. Here are the details of the story. How Bhishma’s story started One evening, King Shantanu, the founder of the Kuru dynasty, was walking along the Ganges, when he saw Satyawati, the

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