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Do you ask that my body, worshipped by my father`s subjects and untouched by any man, now succumb to five men? Draupadi waved her hands wildly as she inched closer to Kunti, her shrill voice resounding off the walls, `I would rather jump into the river and drown myself. At least I would die a princess, not a prostitute.`
Was Princess Draupadi in love even as her marriage to another man was being orchestrated? Did the great statesman Bhishma make a shameful admission as he lay dying on the battlefield of Kurukshetra? Did Queen Gandhari cause the death of her husband Dhritarashtra and sister-in-law Kunti? It`s possible.
About The Author
Trisha Das is the author of two non-fiction books, `The Art of the Television Interview` (UNESCO, 2007) and `How to write a Documentary Script` (UNESCO, 2006). She has won two Indian National Film Awards and was the University of Georgia`s International artist of the year` in 2003. She has also been a visiting artist/scholar at the universities of Michigan, New York, Georgia, Emory College (Atlanta) and Insead. Trisha currently resides in Singapore and works as a freelance writer ISBN - 9788129114464
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Pages : 116
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