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Curse of the Gandhari

by Aditi Banerjee (Author)

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Gandhari, the blindfolded queen-mother of the Kauravas, sees through it all.Gandhari has one day left to live. As she stares death in the face, her memories travel back to the beginning of her story, to life's unfairness at every point: A fiercely intelligent princess who wilfully blindfolded herself for the sake of her peevish, visually-impaired husband; who underwent a horrible pregnancy to mother one hundred sons, each as unworthy as the other; whose stern tapasya never earned her a place in people's hearts, nor commanded the respect that Draupadi and Kunti attained; who even today is perceived either as an ingratiatingly self-sacrificing wife or a bad mother who was unable to control her sons and was, therefore, partly responsible for the great war of the Mahabharata.In this insightful and sensitive portrayal, Aditi Banerjee rescues Gandhari from being reduced to a mere symbol of her blindfold. She builds her up, as Ved Vyasa did, as an unconventional heroine of great strength and iron will - who, when crossed, embarked upon a complex relationship with Lord Krishna, and became the queen who cursed a God.

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ISBN 13	9789388002004
Book Language	English
Binding	Paperback
Total Pages	332
Author	Aditi Banerjee
GAIN	1ZA6HX6KNRD
Publishers	Bloomsbury India
Category	Books Fiction Historical Fiction

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Product Details

ISBN 13	9789388002004
Book Language	English
Binding	Paperback
Total Pages	332
Author	Aditi Banerjee
GAIN	1ZA6HX6KNRD
Publishers	Bloomsbury India
Category	Books Fiction Historical Fiction