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.