Until the Lions: Echoes from the MahabharataIn Until the Lions, Karthika Nair retells the Mahabharata through multiple voices. Her poems capture the epic through the lenses of nameless soldiers, outcast warriors and handmaidens but also abducted princesses, tribal queens and a gender-shifting god. As peripheral figures and silent catalysts take centre stage, we get a glimpse of lives and stories buried beneath the edifices of god and nation, heroes and victory; a glimpse of the price paid for myth and history--all too often interchangeable. |
Contents
Manual for Revenge and Remembrance | |
Fault Lines | |
WITHOUT A NAME | |
Poorna with Vyaasa | |
Bedtime Story for a Dasis | |
Fault Lines | |
Landay for Doomed Siblings | |
Blueprint for a Victory | |
Constancy V | |
Note to the Unborn Child | |
Amaranth | |
References | |
About the Book | |
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Amba Ambika Aravan Arjuna arms asked battle become Begin Bheema Bheeshma birth blind blood born breasts breath brother child choose colour court crown curse dance dead death Dhritarashtra Draupadi dreams earth Ekalavya eyes father fear flesh forced future gods grow hands hate head heart heaven heir honour hope human hundred Karna keep killed king kingdom knew Krishna Kunti Kuru Kurukshetra land later leave light LINES Lions Listen lives Lord memory mind moon Mother moved Music never night oath once pain Pandava Pandu perhaps prince Producer queen rage remain rise rivers royal sage Satyavati share skin someone sons soon Sound stars stay stood story thought throne tongue truth turn voice Vyaasa warrior woman writing Yuddhishtira