It is also considered an alternative name for Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, love, beauty, and joy. In Greek, Maya means “good mother.” The Greek variation of the name is also sometimes ...

Clad in a black kurti, Maya Krishna Rao walks across to the stage — a slight limp in her gait. “It’s the humidity maybe, my feet are swelling up,” she says. But her performance of Loose ...