Lora Tomas

Lora Tomas is an indologist from Croatia. She co-edited and co-translated into Croatian two anthologies of contemporary Indian writing.

A play with the third

Voyeurs, partners and shadow presences in Indian narratives of marriage.

By Lora Tomas

/ 10 Dec 2015

In lieu of a travelogue

Translations from a 1982 Serbian travelogue about Nepal appearing for the first time in English.

By Lora Tomas

/ 15 Oct 2015

Arguing ordination

The debate over full ordination of nuns in Tibetan Buddhism remains unsettled.

By Lora Tomas

/ 11 Sep 2015

Of nymphs and flowering trees

Female rites of passage – Ramanujan’s Kannada tales and Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

By Lora Tomas

/ 20 Mar 2015

Draupadi’s shades of dark

The heroine’s multiple states of being.

By Lora Tomas

/ 12 Sep 2014

Distant liaisons: Could the Church of São Brás in Gandaulim be a remnant of a 16th century Croatian colony in Goa?

Recently, during a week in Goa unwinding from city life in Bangalore, I decided to leave my spot on the Candolim beach for a day to search for the last

By Lora Tomas

/ 19 May 2014

Distant liaisons: Could the Church of São Brás in Gandaulim be a remnant of a 16th century Croatian colony in Goa?

The art of statelessness

Fragments of the lives of the Rohingya refugees in Jammu.

By Rudra Rakshit and Lora Tomas

/ 10 Feb 2014

A room of his own

In conversation with Goa-based poet Manohar Shetty.

By Lora Tomas

/ 4 Feb 2014

Hail, caudillos!

The general elections to the Lok Sabha in India are arguably the greatest show on earth. The exercise, involving half-a-billion voters, millions of party cadres, thousands of candidates and an

By Lora Tomas

/ 13 Apr 2009