Mahabharat ki padtaal is : A bit of reading the text of the Epic, a bit of interpretation, and the rest - sprinkled with some spices... Episode 7 of this podcast is about Aaruni.  His brief story narrating the ‘Guru-bhakti’ may be a metaphor in the epic.  But his persona in earlier scriptures, especially in the Upanishads, is much bigger. He seems to be one the earliest Indian philosophers, who tried to dig into the mysteries of universe with a rational approach of that time… Tune in to know more ..read more

'Mahabharat ki padtaal' is  -  A bit of reading the text of the Epic, a bit of interpretation, and the rest - sprinkled with some spices... Episode 6 of this podcast is about a bitch Sarama and her son.  Sarama’s original tale is in Veda.  Her character in epic is only protecting her child at this juncture. In doing so, she curses ..read more

Episode 3 of this podcast ‘Mahabaharat ki padtaal’ unfolds the pages of the epic, in continuation of the last episode.  Here, its storyteller shows the glimpse of the main plot, while mentioning how voluminous is this great work of Krishn Dwaipaiyan Vyaas.  Interestingly, it also appears as a teaser on physical surrogacy ..read more

First episode was about how the epic begins. This  episode 2 is about how its storyteller connects the tale with the origin of all beings. And a perspective about its creator and writer. The war depicted in this epic could've been actually held between 3000 to 5000 years ago. Some put its date around 3102 BC, a few scholars put it around 900 BC, and others in between.  Initially, it might be part of oral tradition of storytelling and later compiled in a written text. Stay tuned.. for more, as the pages of the epic gets dissected ..read more

'Mahabharat ki padtaal' is  -  A bit of reading the text of the Epic, a bit of interpretation, and the rest - sprinkled with some spices... Episode 6 of this podcast is about a bitch Sarama and her son.  Sarama’s original tale is in Veda.  Her character in epic is only protecting her child at this juncture. In doing so, she curses ..read more

A bit of reading the text of the Epic, a bit of interpretation, and the rest - sprinkled with some spices... Episode 5 of this podcast discusses about its chapters, while continuing the narration about a place called 'Samant-Panchak'. ‘ Discovery of India’ by Nehru ji places Mahabharat before Ramayan, but this narration does not support that chronological view.  Tune in to know how ..read more

A bit of reading the text of the Epic, a bit of interpretation, and the rest - sprinkled with some spices... Episode 4 of this podcast unfolds its pages, in continuation of the last episode.  It mentions a few plot points, while explaining the plight of Dhritrashtr after the war of ‘Mahabharat ..read more

Episode 3 of this podcast ‘Mahabaharat ki padtaal’ unfolds the pages of the epic, in continuation of the last episode.  Here, its storyteller shows the glimpse of the main plot, while mentioning how voluminous is this great work of Krishn Dwaipaiyan Vyaas.  Interestingly, it also appears as a teaser on physical surrogacy ..read more

First episode was about how the epic begins. This  episode 2 is about how its storyteller connects the tale with the origin of all beings. And a perspective about its creator and writer. The war depicted in this epic could've been actually held between 3000 to 5000 years ago. Some put its date around 3102 BC, a few scholars put it around 900 BC, and others in between.  Initially, it might be part of oral tradition of storytelling and later compiled in a written text. Stay tuned.. for more, as the pages of the epic gets dissected ..read more

First episode of a series on the epic Mahabharat.  It is based on the first English (KM Ganguli version) and First Hindi edition (Gita Press) of this great epic. Both of these are based mainly on a text by Pandit Neelkanth, who lived around 1650 to 1700. The idea is to understand the storytelling of the epic in today's context, while unfolding their pages. A bit of reading the text, a bit of interpretation of history, culture & myth, and the rest - sprinkled with some spices...  This beginning is about how the story in the epic starts ..read more