Episode#71 The seventeenth day, a great battle followed, the son of Surya Karna aimed a dazzling fire spitting, double tongued serpent like arrow at Arjuna, Krishna instantly pressed the vehicle down five fingers deep in the mid, so that the serpent shaft missed Arjuna's head but struck off his helmet. Arjuna was furious and he fixed a determined dart on his bow to end Karna. But Karna left side of his wheel of his chariot suddenly sank in the bloody mire. He jumped down to lift the wheel up from the mud "Wait a minute" he cried. "My chariot has sunk in the ground and knowing dharma as you do, you would certainly not take unfair advantage of this situation. I shall set my chariot right and I will give you all the battle you want." Arjuna hesitated. A perplexed Karna remembered the curse pronounced on him and again appealed to Arjuna! Krishna intervened. "Ha, Karna!" He exclaimed, "It is good that you do remember that there are fair things - now...

Episode#6 The central theme of Mahabharata is not dissimilar and is commonly found in most of the Indian families. In Mahabharata, there are rampant skirmishes right from the childhood wherein the Kauravas and Pandavas princes are at loggerheads - the subject of controversy being the hierarchy to the throne of Hastinapur. Apita was a ancient king of Hastinapur who begot three sons, Devapi, Balhika, Shantanu. Devapi, the eldest, did not suceed due an incurable ailment; the second was given in adoption to his mother's house Madra while Shantanu the younger succeeded to the throne. Young Shantanu one day while hunting near river Ganga, he fells in love with a ravishing woman and proposed her. She accepted to marry him on one condition, provided she would not be questioned or counter check for any of her actions, if he ever happened, she would abandon him permanently without any explanation whatsoever. King Shantanu was so deeply infatuated that without thinking of the consequences ...