Duryodhana’s Mahabharata Ajaya

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THE MAHABHARATA ENDURES AS THE GREAT EPIC OF INDIA

Every Indian has grown up conditioned to the view that the Pandavas were virtuous and wronged; and the Kauravas were manipulative and evil. On a visit to Malanada Temple, Kerala, national bestselling author of ASURA, Anand Neelakantan,discovered the temple deity to be none other than Duryodhanan, the ostensible ‘villain’ of the Mahabharata. This astonishing discovery prompted him to delve deep into the narrative of the defeated Crown Prince of Hastinapura, and the Kaurava clan. Ajaya challenges established views and compels us to think again. The book is all about the power of perception. It retells with compelling credibility,the epic events from Duryodhan’s (given name: Suryodhana), point of view.

While Jaya is the story of the Pandavas, told from the perspective of the victors of Kurukshetra; Ajaya is the narrative of the ‘unconquerable’ Kauravas, who were decimated to the last man. At the heart of India’s most powerful empire, a revolution is brewing. In the apocalyptic struggle that follows every rule is broken as kin slaughters kin. Both sides do whatever it takes to win But as gods conspire and men’s destinies unfold in a shattering denouement, a far greater truth finally prevails over the carnage at Kuruskshetra: When men battle and women weep, there are no victors.

Author: Anand Neelakantan
Language: English
Publisher: Platinum Press