Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Reading Notes: Narayan's Mahabharata, Part B

Chapter 5 is titled "Uncle's Gift" and is about Shakuni's (Kauravas' maternal uncle) gift to the Kauravas. He tells Duryodhana that he will help kill the Pandavas.

Chapter 6 is titled "City of Splendor" and is about how the Pandavas turned the Khandavaprastha into Indraprastha. In the previous chapter, Lord Krishna came and took the Pandavas out of Hastinapura and took them to a desert called Khandavaprastha. He told them that this is the place where can live peacefully. The Pandavas used the help of many people and built a city on Khandavasprastha and named it Indraprastha. But nonetheless, the Kauravas were not happy about this, and continued to harass them.

Chapter 7 is called "Stakes Unmatched" and is about the gambling match that took place between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. It was in this chapter that Shakuni played by deceit and won each gamble and stake that put out by Yudhisthira. It was in this chapter also when the cheerharan of Draupadi took place, and the Pandavas couldn't do a thing about it.

Chapter 8 is titled "Wanderings" and is about the time when the Pandavas were living in the forest. This chapter describes the life of the Pandavas during their time in the forest. They had to live in the forest because Yudhisthira staked Indraprastha in the gambling match and lost it.

I would write a story about the time when Tapu Sena had themed one Ganeshotsav around the respect of women and included the story of Draupadi's cheerharan in it.

Click here for a reading guide to R. K. Narayan's Mahabharata.

Draupadi being stripped of her dignity, Lord Krishna saving her, and the Pandavas watching in helplessness.
Source: (Google Images)

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