Mahabharata is the epic which has been read or heard by millions of people for the past thousands of years. It is retold in different languages adding various flavours to the original Sanskrit scripture.
The author has rewritten the entire epic in a simple and straight forward way. He has added apt illustrations to make it more interesting. Making a story interesting, when it was already well known to the readers, is not an easy task. I need to appreciate Devdutt as well as Vyas, the original author of the epic for this. It was indeed an excellent effort by Devdutt.
I feel it would have been better if certain sections could have been elaborated more. Also, he did not clearly indicate which sections are from the original Mahabharata and which sections are from the other versions. Such details are given only at high level.
The author has rewritten the entire epic in a simple and straight forward way. He has added apt illustrations to make it more interesting. Making a story interesting, when it was already well known to the readers, is not an easy task. I need to appreciate Devdutt as well as Vyas, the original author of the epic for this. It was indeed an excellent effort by Devdutt.
I feel it would have been better if certain sections could have been elaborated more. Also, he did not clearly indicate which sections are from the original Mahabharata and which sections are from the other versions. Such details are given only at high level.
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