Go Pandavas go!!!

It took loads of courage to pick up something like 'Mahabharata' and actually read it!!The book by C.Rajagopalachari ,cuts out the crap and comes to the real intriguing anecdotes,never leaving me sleepy. The names and their origin sometimes become far too many...& very difficult to co-relate.But then they come as a package with great style of writing and a fascinating story-line.The messages to the society come fast & clear but its absolutely your wish to dodge them or to absorb them.Well the analogy of Rakshasas to the present day politicians(or the then colonial rule) is quite glaring....and i quite respect it.

I have this ridiculously old edition (printed in 1977),in tatters,but then it adds to the whole thing of reading an epic.

There are miracles and then there are curses to counter those miracles.So it doesn't really come as a surprise when you read that a woman(Gandhari) bore 101 children...and that to,to a blind man.And then the Gods turn mortal in case of Bhishma and Vidur(Lord Dharma) & sometimes even given birth to children.The Pandavas were born to Gods without causing any trouble or delay to Kunti & Madri.Perfect sons.Its probably the supernatural occurance thats keeping me hooked to this old book, in an age of non-believers.

And then there is always Wikipedia to clear my basic concepts....