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Kunti's son Yudishtira was born first despite Gandhari having conceived a whole year earlier than Kunti. When she heard of Yudishtira's birth, Gandhari was terribly disturbed and she hit her pregnant stomach violently. As a result, she delivered a ball of flesh. Vyasa, who had given her the boon...

Adiratha was the younger prince of the royal household of the kingdom of Anga. Since he was younger, he was not heir to the throne of Anga. However, he was still a prince and enjoyed royal privileges. Karna grew up in prosperity with this princely family. Perhaps this was why Kunti did not try...

A common idea is that the Mahabharatha is written with great partiality to the pandavas. This is definitely not true and Vyasa makes sure to mention the good deeds and courage of ALL characters. The most obvious thing that tells us that the story is not at all written from the Pandava point of...

Everyone knows Ekalavya as a dedicated student who practiced archery on his own but credited his success to Guru Drona who had rejected him. Yet Drona asked for his thumb. Only this part of the story appears in Vyasa MB so we think of Ekalavya as a tragic hero and Drona as the 'villain'. If we...

With Star Plus retelecasting its' version of the Mahabharat, unfortunately many, many wrong ideas that were shown in this show are also spreading all over again. The most horribly wrong of these was that Karna was denied education by Drona because of caste. This is absolutely wrong and Karna WAS...