Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Reading Notes: Epified Mahabharata (Part A)

Episode 1

  • What would have happened if Shantanu hadn't questioned Ganga?
  • Why didn't Ganga kill the 8th son as she had promised?
  • Why was Devavrat shooting arrows at his mother?
  • Why was it considered a terrible oath?
  • How did the gods react?
  • What would have happened had Amba's sweetheart had accepted her?
  • Why couldn't the king just marry Amba when she returned?
  • What was it like being married to Vichitravirya?
    • Did he even try to conceive?
    • Maybe he was gay???
  • POV from the servant girl
    • Was Vyas really ugly, or were the queens just rude?
  • What was it like at court with a puppet king
  • Why was the brother so hellbent on revenge when Gandhari was clearly happy with her husband?

Bhishma and Ganga with  Shantanu, via Wikimedia Commons

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