Mahabharat 1.3 – The Different Kinds of Mahabharata Fans

Different Kinds of Mahabharata Readers

The other day, I was having an online chat with a friend on the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. What began as a friendly discussion soon transformed into a heated argument, much akin to the tumultuous story of the epic itself. In the end, we decided to agree to disagree, lest our old friendship goes for a…

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Mahabharat 1.2 – The Evolution of an Epic

Is Mahabharat biased?

We have all grown up reading or hearing some version of Mahabharata. Most of the times, our exposure to the epic is limited to condensed abridged versions like Amar Chitra Katha, TV series, famous works of literature on selected incidents or characters by stalwarts like Tagore, Ramdhari Dinkar, etc. And then, there are those wondrous stories we…

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Mahabharat 1.1 – Is it a biased story?

Is Mahabharat biased?

There are two kinds of people that read Mahabharat. The traditionalists, who loyally stick to the standard texts and their conventional interpretations. And the skeptics who question and challenge the existing narrations, seeing the primary texts through a prism of cynicism. There are third/fourth sub-categories too, but that is a discussion for another day. Nonetheless,…

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