Abhinav Agarwal ponders on Karna from various episodes of Mahabharata and analyzes why he was considered an Ardharathi by the stalwarts in the Kuru army.
Context is key to rightly understand characters and events from Mahabharata. Therefore, reading the Mahabharata in its entirety is a invaluable. The article perfectly elucidates this point with the example of Yudhishthira.
The Mahabharata has lived for thousands of years for the reason that it serves as that vast ocean human emotions in which everyone can pour their own understanding and find…
In the first part of this two part series focusing on the emotion of Envy, we learnt that despite the popular belief and the main proponent of the emotion in…
That Duryodhana was driven by envy is known to all. He is also perhaps the best known example of an envious man in the entire epic. His whole life was…
Let’s talk about the role of a CEO and what advice would a board advisor give to an incoming CEO? Yes, this is still about the Mahabharta, but we are…
As Britain becomes more multi-cultural and more heterogeneous a society, it has also had to face a most unfortunate consequence of this intermingling. People – immigrants – who have turned…
How do you curse God, and do it justifiably so? What is the arc of the geometry of rage? Does it rise up into a crescendo and then subside after…
Kunti abandoned her first-born son, Karna, almost immediately after birth. Gandhari aborted her first foetus out of frustration. There-in lies a tale of two mothers. Kunti did not abort Karna.…
The diffusion of propaganda requires repetition. In the words of someone many leftists have secretly admired for long, repetition is what makes propaganda successful (the full quote is (bold-emphasis mine),…
Book: Urban Naxals- The Making of Buddha In A Traffic Jam, by Vivek Agnihotri Author: Vivek Agnihotri Since the beginning of civilization, the favoured method of barbarians out to destroy great…
Book: The Friendless God by S. Anuradha Publisher: Moonlight Books (1 August 2017) ISBN-10: 8193264363 ISBN-13: 978-8193264362 This is the tale of three people, a god, and the relationship the…
Book: The OM Mala by Nityanand Misra Reviewer: Abhinav Agarwal The meaning of the word Om is not something most of us ponder over. Om is a sacred incantation, a symbol,…
Abhinav Agarwal is a technology professional with over twenty years of experience working in India, Canada, and the US in business intelligence, analytics, big data, Warehouse Management systems, e-commerce applications and more.
