Draupadi - Koral Dasgupta
Draupadi, The Sati Series lll - Koral Dasgupta Well, I began reading the book, slow paced, a long time ago and leapt into finishing the book, carried away by the spectacular narration. Draupadi, Panchali, Yagnaseni, Krishnaa, multiple names referring to the same person, yet way to different to be attributed as the same. The woman behind the mighty Pandavas was a glory herself. The story picturizes Panchali's childhood, her bonding with her family, especially with her father King Drupad and her sister-turned-brother Shikhandini. Being a girl from a royal background, Draupad's daughter was not indifferent from any other adolescent girl, was easily intimidated. Her longing for Arjun, her complicated marriage with the five brothers, her weird relationship with her mother in law, are well traced till their journey back to Hastinapur. But the ultimate blow up was to come with the way the author has narrated the whole incident of the game of dice and it's after comin...