The next day Keechak sauntered into the ladies quarters, drunk with lust and power. This time, however, Sairandhri did not shy away from him. When he confronted her and caught her hand mischievously, she did not pull it back. He was surprised, and happy. Delirious with the prospects of success, he was easily snared by Sairandhri into her trap. ‘I cannot be seen consorting with you …
The Killing of Keechak – Part I of II
The night was dark and tempestuous. Jet-black nimbus clouds had blotted out the moon and the stars, making the darkness near total. The winds howled through the Kingdom of Matsya, uprooting trees, breaking branches, blowing dead leaves and foliage in the palace compound, through the open windows and into the chambers of those who slept inside. It broke open windowpanes, smashed the lamps, and …
The Battle of Panchavati – Part VII of VII
Having thus conversed amongst themselves, Khara and Dushana parted with their sister and approached the clearing where Ram stood, resplendent like the God of Death. All around him lay the remnants of the once mighty raakshasa army, and their broken weapons. A bow in the left hand and an arrow in the right, his back erect, his muscles taut, his brow glistening with sweat and his body streaked …
The Battle of Panchavati – Part VI of VII
No sooner had the hail of arrows stopped, that Ram sprang up and started shooting arrows from his bow towards the adversary. Pull and release, pull and release, pull and release, he went on and on, shooting arrows at a terrifying speed. His practiced hands went back and forth on their own, retrieving, aiming and shooting without a moments pause. As Lakshman looked on from above, …
Time travel — From Revati to Einstein’s Relativity and beyond (Part 3)
In April this year ( 2018), the International Astronomical Union on the recommendations of NASA scientists, named a crater on the largest moon of planet Pluto — ‘Revati’ , on — ” a character in the Hindu epic narrative Mahabharata “ I am sure most of us have no idea of who Revati was in Mahabharata, atleast I didn’t. I looked up to find …
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The Battle of Panchavati – Part V of VII
‘Trishira’, shouted Khara, ‘Command the remaining two columns, if any of the soldiers run away, you lose your life’. Trishira bowed his head and rode back into the remaining columns, encouraging and threatening them, alternately. ‘You are the great raakshasa warriors, commanded by Khara and Dushana, brother of the great Ravana. Have the great Khara and Dushana ever lost a battle? No, and neither will they this time. But …
The Battle of Panchavati – Part IV of VII
At the head of the raakshasa forces were Khara and Dushana, the leaders of the horde, in their mule drawn chariots. To their left, mounted on a mule and bearing the insignia of the raakshasas was Trishira, the commander of the forces. To the right of Khara and Dushana was Shoorpanakha, mounted, again, on a mule. The rest of the battalion was split evenly in three groups and arrayed at …
