Snippets From Kurukshetra War In Mahabharata-III: Micro Details Of The War
[contextly_sidebar id=”W3HG0HIQfFThlIAoOVRWYfGjlXwQxMJX”] TROOP FORMATIONS (VYŪHA) The nuanced details of the 18 days war is quite interesting. Elaborate details of the Vyūhās (troop formations) on More...
Snippets From Kurukshetra War In Mahabharata-II: Casualties In War
[contextly_sidebar id=”UF0m9D6fWcH8eYJcsQhvW6Xj6Z69OFBS”] Vyāsā mentions in detail the casualties in the war. There are details of who killed whom, when, at what time of the day, with whose help, and More...
Snippets From Kurukshetra War In Mahabharata- I: Background Information
This three part article is a compilation of information on Kurukshetra war as mentioned in the Vyāsa Bhārata. The latter is considered a narrative of the events during the war since the author Sage Krishna Dwaipāyana More...
Remembering the Great Pitamaha on Bhishma Ashtami
In the Indian calendar, February 4 2017 happens to be a Shukla Paksha Ashtami, the 8th Day in the brighter half of the lunar month. It is mentioned in the Mahabharata that one of the the most revered persons, Pitamah More...
Kurukshetra, a travelogue – 1
The Grant Trunk Road – possibly the oldest surviving highway in the world – starts out in what is now Bangladesh, makes its way through the Gangetic plains, crosses Delhi, and moving northwards, passing More...
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...