ABOUT THE AUTHOR Devdutt Pattanaik is a well-known Indian mythologist, author, illustrator, and speaker. Born in Mumbai on December 11, 1970, Pattanaik did his MBBS from Grant Medical College in Mumbai. After working in the healthcare industry for fourteen years, he became a full-time author. Over the years, Pattanaik has written several books about mythology, Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Roopa Pai is a well-known children’s author, who is also a computer engineer and journalist. Pai lives in Bangalore and has published over 20 books. She started her literary journey as an article writer for the Deccan Herald. Chanakya: the Master Statesman was her first book, which was published in 2004. Pai Read more…
Synopsis: With the Mahabharata war in its final days, the battlefield reeks of death and rot. Casualties have taken their toll on both sides – the Kauravas and the Pandavas. The losers have nowhere to hide, and the victors are unsure if they have been truly triumphant at the end of all the bloodshed. Bhishma Read more…
Synopsis: Nobody on earth can boast of having an easy life. Nobody can claim not to have experienced pain or heartbreak. While all of us have their own goals, most of us seldom achieve them at the first attempt. It is safe to say that we are the sum total of all the choices we Read more…
I have always enjoyed a good story and thanked my lucky stars I was born in a family of avid readers and wonderful storytellers. In fact, even before I had learned to read on my own, my mum would read me captivating fairy tales and Assamese folklore every afternoon. My dad would take over in Read more…
नरेन्द्र कोहली की महासमर श्रृंखला की दूसरी कड़ी है अधिकार । जहाँ बंधन नामक इस श्रृंखला के पहले खण्ड के केंद्र-बिंदू देवव्रत भीष्म थे, वहीँ इस पुस्तक की रचना लेखक ने पाण्डवों व विशेषतः धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर की धर्मपरायणता और अनृशंसता को केंद्र में रख कर की है। कथा का आरंभ गांधारी व धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रों की दासियों Read more…
My first memories of ‘reading’ a book are that of the Bhagavad Gita. I was in fifth grade when my grandmother read it out to me. As you would expect from someone my age, I didn’t find it particularly interesting back then. However, during my tenth-grade summer vacations, I received an illustrated copy of the Read more…
Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined writing a story like this. My memories of reading go back to my childhood days when my grandfather used to make me read the the Jaimini Mahabharata. He would slowly and patiently elaborate upon the verses so that we could grasp the contents, which were Read more…
I was quite curious since my childhood. I used to be a vigorous, if not a particularly gifted writer. I used to try and hone my writing skills for hours. It was only later that I discovered that my hands were more suited to art and craft than they were to weaving magic with words. Read more…
Synopsis: Over a hundred years after the Mahabharata War, an ancient power threatens to destroy the new Age of Men, by establishing the Age of Terror of the asuras, long believed to be extinct. The only hurdle in its path is Guru Dronacharya’s son, the mighty but accursed warrior Ashwatthama, who lost all his powers Read more…
