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Hastinapur: After war...!

Episode#79 Hastinapur had turned into city of mourning with the women and children weeping and lamenting for their slain nearest and dearest ones. Thousands of women dragged themselves to the battlefield inclusive of mothers, sisters, wives, some were old, frail with age; some were young and at the prime stage of their lives; some carried babies in their arms; some had young children crying behind them. They were searching the bodies of their beloved. Some mothers identified their sons, widows found their husbands,  and sisters saw brothers lying headless, limbless, crushed by the wheels of chariot, they were killed to establish Dharma; was this war of Kurukshetra fought for Dharma - righteousness? If yes then at what cost...? The wives of common soldiers,  whose death spelt dire poverty and constant starvation to the family, they were now exposed to the outer world! They are unaccustomed to the  outside world except going to temples and shrines; they led a very monotonous life with