Bhima: Lone Warrior

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   Yuganta: The End of an Epoch

   by Irawati Karve

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   A landmark Sahitya Akademi-winning study by an anthropologist who reads the Mahabharata's characters as real, flawed people — Kunti, Draupadi, Karna, Krishna — stripped of divinity.

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2. Parva

   Parva

   by S.L. Bhyrappa

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   An epic Kannada novel that strips the Mahabharata of miracles and retells it as a realistic human story of war, kinship and ageing.

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3. Yajnaseni: The Story of Draupadi

   Yajnaseni: The Story of Draupadi

   by Pratibha Ray

   AdultsIndian author📱 eBook only in India

   The Jnanpith-winning Odia author's novel of Draupadi, written as a letter to Krishna that questions the men and gods who decided her life.

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4. Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata

   Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata

   by Devdutt Pattanaik

   AdultsIndian author

   The Mahabharata retold in 108 short chapters with Pattanaik's own line drawings, with notes after each chapter on regional variants, symbolism and what the epic means for readers today.

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5. Ajaya: Roll of the Dice

   Ajaya: Roll of the Dice

   by Anand Neelakantan

   AdultsIndian author

   The first part of the Mahabharata from Duryodhana's side, questioning caste, privilege and who gets called righteous.

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6. The Palace of Illusions

   The Palace of Illusions

   by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

   AdultsIndian author

   The Mahabharata told by Draupadi — her birth from fire, her marriage to five brothers, her friendship with Krishna and her secret feelings for Karna.

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