Remember that Mahabharata retelling that I keep recommending, the one of which I keep plaintively saying, "Okay, I know it's horrendously expensive, but it really is worth it..."

It's available on Kindle for $3.00 per volume. Deal of the century!

THE MAHABHARATA: A Modern Rendering, Vol 1
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It is so fun being able to download books and carry them with me in a device which turns on instantly and is lighter than most paperbacks! I used to read sf where people had portable pocket libraries and be so envious. I am probably getting more enjoyment out of my Kindle than I would out of the much-mourned rocket cars ( Read more... )

A retelling of my favorite epic, the Mahabharata, from the point of view of Draupadi who here goes by another of her names, Panchaali. For those who don't know the story already, Panchaali is a princess who marries the five Pandava brothers and proceeds to live a rather put-upon life; her attempted stripping by the Pandavas' rivals is the immediate ( Read more... )

This will probably amuse only three people, but it will probably amuse them a lot, so I will post the link. For reasons explained at the top of the linked post, I was challenged to make up the summary of a truly insane fanfic, complete with pairings and warnings, and it occurred to me that you could get a lot of insane out of Angel Sanctuary alone ( Read more... )

I am obviously behind the curve, because I only now learned that Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's MB retelling focusing on Draupadi, Palace of Illusions, is out in stores! Has anyone read it yet?

I was delighted to discover that CBD is apparently a Draupadi/Karna shipper! Not because I particularly see it myself, but because I enjoy seeing how all ( Read more... )

Last year I visited New York City in order to meet my mother. (She lives in India, I live in the USA; the meeting place was more convenient than one might imagine.)

She stayed with some friends of hers who are dancers. She had brought me an illustrated children's Mahabharata and some Amar Chitra Katha comics. I looked through them, showed the ( Read more... )

Inspired by recent viewing of Mushishi and Onmyouji, both of which I very highly recommend, in totally different ways.

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You may take this poll even if you've only just started reading. Otherwise, cut to spare everyone who wishes I would shut up already.

Note that on the "who would you marry" questions, I used ticky boxes rather than buttons, as is appropriate.

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For those of you missing the fun, telophase has posted some rather hilarious images from Indian comic books to reading_mahaA great deal of discussion followed on a number of topics, including the crucial question of whether, when the warrior Arjuna disguised himself as a dancing teacher, he was a) in drag, b) temporarily a eunuch due to a curse, c) temporarily a ( Read more... )

While I was at ConDor, a sf and fantasy convention last weekend, I realized that many people who read this journal, particularly the manga and anime fans but also the fans of fantasy novels and genre TV shows, would be very interested in reading the great Indian epic, The Mahabharata, if they realized that it contained many scenes of half-naked ( Read more... )