When asked about his feelings on the poem, Sengupta said: “The Karna Kunti Sambad is a powerful example of the moral dilemmas and difficult decisions that are portrayed in The Mahabharata.” ...

“Let your forgiveness burn her heart like fire and consume its sin” — Kunti’s entreaty to Karna seeking absolution for the terrible sin of abandoning him at birth to escape the stigma of pre-wedlock ...

For centuries, Indian mythologies have celebrated kings, warriors, and sages in grand narratives, while women’s stories have remained brief and marginalised — often relegated to mere footnotes.

The Mahabharata (circa 3rd century BCE) is the biggest epic and the longest poem in the world. It totals at 1.8 million words, making it about ten times the size of the Iliad and Odyssey combined. The ...

by Shree Sauparnika V In the vast, tumultuous tapestry of the Mahabharata, the sound of clashing steel and the speeches ...

Srilata, in her book, becomes the voice of five major women characters of The Mahabharata. Each of them stood up for themselves but were defeated and suffocated by the actions of either their partners ...