The book that changed it all!
Back when I was a kid, probably in my 7th or 8th standard, I “discovered” a book in my grandfather’s collection and I then spent a better part of 3 years reading it again and again and again. I was inexplicably drawn to that book; and poured over it night and day. I also tried reading different versions of the epic by other authors but it never quite felt the same!
I enjoyed the lucid flow of the book; liked the heroes in the tale; loved a few characters; and moreover, experienced the Great War….almost like Sanjaya; almost because poor Sanjaya had to describe (Sanjaya uvaacha!) the war to a few blind folks in the palace unlike me, who didn’t have to uvaachify at all!
But I lost touch with the book after that.
Last week, I bought myself a copy of the very same book on Amazon and received it today. Let me see if it will ignite the same passion as it did eons back! I don’t think I will be using my laptop until I find out…………
(The Mahabharata by Kamala Subramaniam)
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AHA!
You know, I never got around to more than 3-4 pages of the copy of Mahabharata at home… it was way to complex, I had to switch to Shakespeare to feel better 😛
“Uuvaachify” ?! 😆
So, you King of contradictions and exceptions… who wouldn’t touch the laptop till he reads… how did you post? 😈
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ROFL!! 😀 Touche, cunny sis!!
well, you are not supposed to take the sentence literally ! 🙂
Childhood memories stay so fresh in our minds that we really want to go back and touch and see, if it feels the same. I love Mahabharata too….waiting to see if this book satisfies ur quest for “Sanjaya uvacha” now… 😉
I am waiting to read “Jaya”…..lemme see when I’ll get hold of that book. 🙂
Well, best wishes to you !
That Gitopadesam as ur DP !!! Awesome !!! 🙂
I find the Mahabharata so complicated, that I eventually stop reading it after the first few chapters. Just too many charachters … me thinks
hey Aathira, try reading this one…….
Good on you man, you bought this! Will be handy for your kids to read and also for you to recite to them. It has a never ending collection of tales, doesn’t it?
kids? ok when that happens, yes probably will do so………
but seriously dude, it is the greatest tale ever as you say!