Mayabharata by Meghnad Desai
The Great War at Kurukshetra is over. Eighteen lakh men have died. But the winners are not happy. Yudhishthira and his brothers are gripped with sorrow over what they have done. Who will bear the child to continue the Kuru clan? Uttara? Will Asvatthama also destroy the child that she is carrying? Hastinapur is barren of men of any age. It is the King' s dharma to help every virgin in the kingdom, cross into womanhood. But Yudhishthira fails. There is now a dharmic crisis. The young woman, who will bear the child, must be found another king for the task before sunrise. Else, the kingdom will suffer even more. Who can solve the problem? Krishna, who else! Or rather he knows such a king who can. It is Maya. But Maya declines to follow the king' s dharma. His refusal plunges the Kuru kingdom, and even Krishna himself, into another crisis. Who is Maya? Can Krishna eventually win him over? Mayabharata is a fascinating narration of the post-Mahabharata story, aided by the deployment of the author' s imaginative and creative powers.Meghnad Desai was born in Vadodara, Gujarat, and received his BA and MA degrees from the University of Bombay. He went to the US in 1961 where he completed a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania. He taught economics from 1965 to 2003 at the London School of Economics, where he now holds the post of Professor Emeritus. He has authored over twenty books and 200 articles, including The Rediscovery of India published by Penguin India in 2009.
Meghnad Desai has been an active member of the British Labour Party since 1971. He was made Lord Desai of St Clement Danes in 1991 and awarded the Bharatiya Pravasi Puraskar in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in 2008. He divides his time between London, Delhi and Goa.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789355205506 |
| ISBN 10 | 9355205503 |
| Title | Mayabharata |
| Author | Meghnad Desai |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. |
| Year published | 2022-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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