![]() ![]() Panchaali’s life continues to be different from that of every other girl she knows. ![]() He reassures her, much to her dismay, that a difference she will definitely make, but not for the better. He makes the unassuming little girl privy to the information that she will change the course of history and that she will be the reason her near and dear suffer. The author of the Mahabharata, Sage Vyas, gives himself a rather important role in his epic. This fiery-eyed little princess knows her life shall be different and that she shall make a difference. She sees the women around her, women who are shielded from public view when court is in session, women who are married off as soon as they hit puberty to old kings and knows that she is made for more. The goings-on of a girl’s mind, a girl who always wished she was a man-Panchaaliĭivakaruni gets into the psyche of Draupadi (Panchaali), a girl surrounded by riches who is terribly lonely save for her brother and her rather upfront but caring Dhai Ma. A poignant tale about a woman and her dreamsĪ re-telling of the famous epic of pride, love and revenge-The Mahabharata ![]()
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