The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between the Kouravas and the Pandavas that led to the battle in Kurukshetra. Every conceivable human emotion figures in the Mahabharata, one of the reasons why the epic continues to enthral us. This selection from the classic contains two fascinating sub-plots—how Droupadi came to be the wife of the five Pandavas and the heart-rending love story of Nala and Damayanti.