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“Probably the bets book I have ever read about the Mahabharata. Each essay is beautifully reasoned and constructed. I don't agree with everything in each essay, but each one is thought provoking.”
Deepak R wrote this review Wednesday, November 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The 1st Book alloted to our High Performance Leadership Group in MMS 2009-10..! Have got the e-book printouts..!!”
arunmk007 wrote this review Wednesday, September 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Sachi wrote this review Tuesday, September 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A very unique commentary on the Mahabharata. It speaks of the PEOPLE, SOCIETY and the lifestyle during the age of the Mahabharata. Since, it is the end of an era just before the Kalayuga, its aptly titled Yuganta. As I read through the book, I started to realize, true or not, it did seem to be like the end of an age. The society than was so dissimilar to ours and yet so similar. However, the Kalayuga brought in blind beliefs that are so not original, that are so not ours. It reflects the true COMING OF THE ARYANS and their society before the onset of the CASTE SYSTEM. The varna system did exist, but it was more flexibile and free of corruptions found today.”
honshu5 wrote this review Saturday, February 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Read the book review on my blog: http://blog.felinemusings.com/2008/01/14/yuganta/
Aneesha Myles Shewani wrote this review Friday, July 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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“Irawati Karve tries to extract the essential story from the Mahabharata and identify what may been later additions to the original story. She tries to interpret what the meaning of certain things in the Mahabharata may have been. This is a highly recommended book, that gives you more than what has been shoved down your throats by the traditional religious order. ”
vivek2611 wrote this review Monday, March 17 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Brilliant characterization though a little bit feminist approach.”
Zumanth wrote this review Friday, February 1 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“one book that gives you the start to look into your perspective about the stories we have heard and have been reading and myths related to it”
niacrane wrote this review Monday, October 15 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is the story of great epic of mahabharat,told in a different way,where all chracters are analysed on the basis of human values and psyche....”
vipingoyal wrote this review Sunday, September 16 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A very pragmatic and unattached analysis of the very much human characters of mahabhrata, making the story more believable than krishna lifting up govardhana and karna being borne with the armour.
eenigoy wrote this review Monday, September 3 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Iravati Karve has made people of this generation believe in Mahabharata as not just a melodrama but as a practical story of a long lasting feud for throne in two powerful families and its repercussions on several stratas of the then society.”
