{"product_id":"kurukshetras-shadow-arundhati-sahoo-9789360494667","title":"Kurukshetra's Shadow","description":"\u003cp\u003eWars are kinder to men, for they are given a chance, in the battlefield, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto showcase their prowess at weapons and strategy-making - either to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eemerge victorious or to die valorously. The very act of fighting a battle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewashes them off their earthly sins, securing their position in the heavens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what about the women? Burning silently inside, anxious and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafraid, guilty and grieved, passive and powerless, they remain silent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espectators of events so momentous that turn their lives upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese women lose battles without fighting them. And then they keep\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eburning inside, long after the pyres of the vanquished and the flambeaux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the victorious have fizzled out.....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if Gandhari didn't blindfold herself just out of devotion for her future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehusband but at her powerlessness to prevent herself from a fate similar to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmba's? Did Kunti ever overcome her guilt over Karn? Did Draupadi learn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto sympathize with the maidservants and the prostitutes she was compared\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto in the open court or did she only think about herself? Did Subhadra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elearn to live with her guilt of having slept off mid-way during Arjun's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexplanation of the Chakravyuh? Did the cold-shouldered Hidimba forgive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Pandavas? What must have been going on in the mind of Duhshala, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eonly princess of Hastinapur, when she had to support her infant grandson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhile reigning over the empire of Sindhu alone? What about Bhanumati, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat unfortunate widow of Duryodhan? Could Uttara the child-widow ever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elearn to see Abhimayu's reflection in Parikshit?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of the unexplored thoughts of these powerful women, who lost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einner battles bigger than Mahabharat and struggled in silence to endure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith more strength each time life knocked them down!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arundhati Sahoo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9360494666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789360494667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ukiyoto Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Arundhati Sahoo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46173125640447,"sku":"9789360494667","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_589bd262-45a8-4d42-a054-86f88b497b0c.jpg?v=1727180065","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kurukshetras-shadow-arundhati-sahoo-9789360494667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}