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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
This book, Messages from Mahabharat, presents the epic story of Mahabharat in simple English. After editing the Scriptures, the great sage created this wonderful epic to convey the underlying essence of Vedas using the story medium. Mahabharat is thus known as the ‘Panchama Vedam’, the fifth Veda. Addressing a group of scholar sages led by Kulapati Shounaka Maharshi, Ugrasravas, a talented storyteller, narrates the story of Mahabharat in the setting of a forest known as Naimisharanyam. The sages were conducting a long Yagnam. During one of the breaks of this Yagnam, they wanted to hear a new, unheard, enlightening and entertaining story.
The epic unfolds a series of legendary events, culminating in the famed Kurukshetra War, and beyond. Running close to Vyasa’s original story, the book presents the entire epic story with all relevant features including many sub-stories and details of the eighteen-day war.
Starting from the early origins of the Chandra Dynasty, the story revolves around the lives of the children of Kings Dhritarastra and Pandu. The detailed conduct of these main players and others portrays a wide spectrum of human behavioral traits.
Murti Yerrapragada
Murti Yerraparagada, Ph.D., Retired Professor of Physics, IIT Madras,
joined the Department of Physics when the IIT Madras was in its infancy. He has four decades of teaching and research experience; led a research group of doctoral students in different areas of theoretical- and experimental-condensed matter science. He published over 150 original research papers in reputed international journals and a book on Nonlinear Optics. Over 20 students received doctoral degrees under his supervision. He served as the head of the department and senate nominee on the Governing Board of IIT Madras and was the chairman of the Campus Educational Society.
He worked as a visiting professor at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA, and has given keynote and invited talks at national and international conferences. After superannuation from IIT Madras, he served as the founder-head of the Physics Department at IIT Guwahati.
