Insights from Mahabharata-III: When Kunti met Karna

[contextly_sidebar id=”RUuId7PWMN60KiZw28S7AGIfKphwVA1f”] The second meeting Karna had was with Kunti. Kunti, the mother who had abandoned her first-born son and Karna, the son who could not bring himself More...

Insights from Mahabharata-II: Karna, Krishna, and the Fear of Abandonment

[contextly_sidebar id=”TFjoE8szvI5gUhhEwkNHh3OyzzwmX14f”] In the previous article, we saw how Karna’s like could be viewed as a cautionary tale against distractions. Let us now look into another aspect More...

First Things First – A Lesson Karna Forgot

It is not without reason that the character of Karna has attracted so much fascination and attention from readers of the Mahabharata. People have seen and identified in him an ideal friend, an ideal giver, and above More...

Mahabharata and Charity

When trying to opine on an epic like the Mahabharata, perhaps the most appropriate way to keep one’s ego in check to be reminded of a verse from Ch 279 of the Shanti Parva, Moksha Dharma, which describes among More...