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A review by mayurbahon
Kaurava by Krishna Udayasankar
4.0
After Govinda, I searched a lot for the second part. At last I found it at Delhi Duty Free, of all places.
The book certainly lived upto the expectation set by the first part. Some parts, I read twice to actually understand what the philosophy was all about.
This book gives greater insights in to the characters lives. And as with the first book, it is fun to read the epic from a practical point of view. How some sideline characters are brought to the mainstream, eg Sanjaya.
But among all, one character that the author has done some serious injustice with is Vasusena (Karna). Among all the characters in the Mahabharata, his is one characters that inspires. For his only weakness was his friendship to Duryodhana.
But in the book, he is shown to be a dithering fool no better than Dushasan, though mightily skilled.
When even Duryodhan could turn to Syodhan, why this injustice to the mighty, benevolent Karna?
Otherwise a delightful read.
Now waiting to lay my hands on Kurukshetra.....
The book certainly lived upto the expectation set by the first part. Some parts, I read twice to actually understand what the philosophy was all about.
This book gives greater insights in to the characters lives. And as with the first book, it is fun to read the epic from a practical point of view. How some sideline characters are brought to the mainstream, eg Sanjaya.
But among all, one character that the author has done some serious injustice with is Vasusena (Karna). Among all the characters in the Mahabharata, his is one characters that inspires. For his only weakness was his friendship to Duryodhana.
But in the book, he is shown to be a dithering fool no better than Dushasan, though mightily skilled.
When even Duryodhan could turn to Syodhan, why this injustice to the mighty, benevolent Karna?
Otherwise a delightful read.
Now waiting to lay my hands on Kurukshetra.....