Idle musings

INTERPRETATIONS     This blog is about interpretations of stories.     I have been watching "Mahabharat" on Star Plus for the past month or so. The website http://www.starplus.in/mahabharat/ has more information about the serial. The last few days saw drama in the serial as a cunning Shakuni and Duryodhana defeated Yudhistira in a game of dice, leading to the humiliation of Draupadi. What I liked was the fierce independence demonstrated by Draupadi.     As my blog http://fewidlethoughts.blogspot.in/2008/10/review-of-mahabharat-on-9x.html explains, I am a huge fan of the Mahabharat, simply taken as a story. Apart from the ambiguities of dharma and the lessons of the Bhagavad Geeta, I love the way that boons granted to people and curses bestowed culminate in a 18-day war that sets the stage for a new beginning. Different versions of the Mahabharat exist, particularly among its lesser known stories. To me, all of them are fascinating ! The same is true even for the television