Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen by Kavita Kané My rating: 4 of 5 stars After reading Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Draupadi's version of the Mahabharata, for the first time in life, my interest in Mahabharata had been evoked! I saw another dimension to the entire patriarchal setup where the supposedly 'good' side turned 'evil' in different ways. Thankfully, Ajaya by Anand Neelakantan came my way pretty soon and now this. It has enriched my experience of the great epic. It also helped in reliving the Sunday episodes of Mahabharata that used to be a family affair years ago.The characters played by the actors remains imprinted on my mind even after all these years and their images remain crystal clear in my mind even though television sets in those days didn't come with Crystal Clear Technology that they often boast about today. I was too young to understand the complexities of the plot then. But today, I appreciate the...
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