“The Kukkura-Jātaka,” M.K. Gandhi and Intizar Husain: Ancient Buddhism Writes Back (and Forth)
In the “Kukkura-Jātaka,” the Buddha, in a previous incarnation as a dog, saves his fellow-dogs from extermination through nonviolence (ahiṃsā). I analyse the “Kukkura” as a Buddhist multidirectional “writing back and forth” vis-à-vis Brahmanist discourse. M.K. Gandhi’s justification of the killing o...
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Postcolonial Literatures and Arts
2025
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