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Panchali's Pledge is the English translation of Bharati's seminal work, Panchali Sabadham, which reimagines the pivotal Game of Dice incident in the Mahabharata, where coerced into playing a game of dice by Duryodhana and Sakuni, Yudhisthira, the eldest of the Pandavas, stakes and loses his kingdom, his wealth, his brothers and finally his wife, Draupadi. Enraged at the quiet indifference of those present in the assembly to her plight, Draupadi finally takes a ...
Gauri's world implodes on her when she learns that she is an illegitimate child, born out of her mother's liaison with Raghu. One short trip to his house is enough for Gauri to realise that her illegitimacy -- and her father's ignorance of it -- is nowhere near the problems that Raghu's family has. Traumatised by the violent death of their mentally challenged daughter, Amrita, on the night of her sister's wedding, the story behind Amrita's death unravels as the ...