Week 6 Reading Diary: continued, R.K. Narayan's The Mahabharata (Part C)

Title: The Mahabharata

Author: R.K. Narayan
Year: 1978
Part C, pages 85-131

Draupadi from Mahabharata (Wiki)

Wedding between Abhimanyu and Uttarai

This could be a fun story. Maybe the climax could be that she refused to marry a man she didn’t know (super modern, right?) but then she meets him without knowing it was her future husband and falls in love with him. Then she goes to her father to convince him to not force her to marry this “dreadful guy” (who is actually the one she loves). The end could be really cute, where he walks in after spying on her talking. Or her father forces her anyway, and as she walks down the aisle, her true love is waiting at the end.

Duryodhana Dies

This man drives me crazy. Because of this, I would not be upset if he died before this apparent “war” even starts. One possibility is that he is killed by Arjuna. Arjuna said that he would not be the first to shoot an arrow, so if Drona or Duryodhana do it first. If this happens, Arjuna has the perfect explanation to take both of their lives. This might not be a great story idea, because I know he will probably end up dying. I guess I will just have to wait and see!

Draupadi’s Gandharvas – A Children’s Story

This could be the story of Draupadi and her gandharvas, but a much more child friendly version (instead of her getting abused and the brother getting killed for it). One possibility might be a small girl who really does have five gandharvas, and there are various scenarios where she is saved because of them.