Rajeev balakrishnan (1 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: As New. Cursed and exiled by Krishna, Ashwathama has been wandering the face of the earth for centuries now. When the author stumbles upon Ashwathama's trail, he meets with the forgotten warrior and learns the secrets of the Mahabharata that have been lost over the years. The halo of virtuousness around the Pandavas fades away as does the garb of wickedness that surrounds the Kauravas. Tutored by their scheming cousin Krishna in his fluid version of the Dharma, the Pandavas stoop to the lowest possible machinations to win the war. As Guru Drona's son, Ashwathama could hold his own against the likes of Arjuna, Bheema or Karna. Yet he languishes in obscurity even today. The stark truth of over vaulting ambitions, treachery, jealousy and insecurity emerges from the closet revealing a bunch of heroes who were actually imperfect. The difference is that many of us who are imperfect can still earn a reprieve, but Ashwathama soldiers on as a death-seeking immortal. Why was he cursed, what made him do what he did, when will the curse be lifted, where is Ashwathama if he is still around? Answers only he can give, and when he does the narrative is a hard hitting compelling one. The truth he speaks is very different from a version of the Mahabharata that you know.…