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About the book -
“Jaya’s Mahabharata” is a pursuit for me to tell the stories of the other half of the Mahabharata. I have spent all these years listening to stories. And so now I wish to write what I have heard – Stories. Stories of the mighty, stories of the weak. Stories of the pious kings, and stories of the unrighteous demons. Stories of different incarnations of Gods, and stories of different forms of mere humans. This book is also such a quest, to tell a story. Stories of Satyavati, Amba, Ambika, Ambalika, Gandhari, Kunti, Draupadi, Rukmini, Hidimba, Shikhandi, and many more.
The women of Mahabharata represent different portions of the Indian social stratum. There were princesses, commoners, civilised, uncivilised, celestial, mortal, and all other sorts.
If the masculine constructed the exterior structure of the Mahabharata, the feminine constituted the internal core. If the masculine is the body of the story, then the feminine is the living soul.
In this pious land of culture, that we dearly call Bharat, we worship and celebrate the feminine form of the divine. Therefore I call upon you readers, to try and celebrate the feminine shade of the Mahabharata, and worship whatever good we can derive from it.
Arin Kumar Shukla FRAS
About the Author -
Arin Kumar Shukla FRAS (Born 25 October 2005) is an Indian author, columnist, and mythologist. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Arin Kumar Shukla
Arin Kumar Shukla FRAS (Born 25 October 2005) is an Indian author, columnist, and mythologist. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He writes about Hindu Dharma, Indian history, and global affairs aiming specifically at his contemporary teenage population of India and the world. He has self-published three books. His first book “Greatest Stories from Hindu Mythology” earned him an award and a record by the India Book of Records. His second book “Lost Warriors: Stories of India’s Unsung Heroes” was published in two parts and aimed at reinstating the forgotten unsung heroes of our history who laid their lives for this soil. This book was published in the year when India was celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Arin also writes a digital column named “Pax Indica” for the website of The Times of India. Arin also writes for sites such as OpIndia and Voices of Youth (UN initiative). His articles such as “Why India Deserves a permanent seat at UNSC?”; “How Britain Stole India: The Story of the colonial experience of India” and “Aren’t you accountable My Lord?” were praised widely by readers and academicians. Arin hosts a podcast “Pax Indica” in which he tells the stories of the golden past and the golden future of India. Arin was interviewed by Doordarshan MP on a live TV broadcast on the 24th of August 2022 and for a second time on the 19th of January 2023. He has been featured in many newspapers across the nation.
