The Puffin Mahabharata by Namita Gokhale

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The Puffin Mahabharata by Namita Gokhale

Name: The Puffin Mahabharata by Namita Gokhale
SKU: PB002827
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‘A long, long time ago, in the ancient lands of India, known in those days as Bharatvarsha, a family quarrel grew into a bloody war. There had been wars before, and there have been wars since, but that mighty battle between warring cousins of the Kuru clan has become a part of the mythology and history of India. Told and retold a million times, the story of the Mahabharata is about defeat as much as victory, about humility as much as courage. It is the greatest story ever told.’
Like a modern-day suta or storyteller, Namita Gokhale brings alive India’s richest literary treasure with disarming ease and simplicity. She retells this timeless tale of mortals and immortals and stories within stories, of valour, deceit, glory and despair, for today’s young reader in a clear, contemporary style.
A brilliant series of evocative and thoughtful illustrations by painter and animator Suddhasattwa Basu brings the epic to life in a vibrant visual feast.
Matchless in its content and presentation, The Puffin Mahabharata is a book that will be cherished by readers of all ages.

About the Author

Namita Gokhale is a well renowned writer of Indian literature. She was born in the year 1956 in Lucknow, India. She spent most of her childhood in Nainital, in the lap of the nature and Himalayas and New Delhi. Namita Gokhale is a ‘Kumaoni’ by birth. She got married at a very early age. She married Rajiv Gokhale at the age of 18 years. She discontinued her college studies over a bias issue against the curriculum of Indian literature. She has written several novels and in the late 1970s, she published “Super” from Mumbai, which was an extremely popular film magazine. Namita Gokhale has penned down a total of five novels in English. She has also done some non-fictional work in English literature. The first novel of her literary career was “Paro: Dreams of Passion”, which was brought out in the year 1984. This novel was a skit upon the Delhi and Mumbai elites. It received critical acclamation and it actually created uproar with its playful sexual humour. Next was an ironic fable titled “Gods Graves and Grandmother”, which was about the street life of Delhi and it was later modified into a musical play. Her husband was diagnosed with cancer when she was only 35 years old. After a few years her husband died which shook her completely. NThis tragic experience of the loss has some reflection in her later novels like “A Himalayan Love Story”, “The Book of Shadows”, “Shakuntala” and more. Two non-fiction books of Namita Gokhale are “Mountain Echoes” that deals with the Kumaoni style of life seen through the eyes of four highly artistic and individualistic women and “The Book of Shiva” for the young readers. Moreover, this talented writer has also co-edited a compilation that entirely revisits the mythology surrounding Sita in today’s contemporary culture. amita Gokhale is also committed to translating and showcasing the best of Indian literature writing and engaging the vibrant languages of Indian sub-continent in an inventive dialogue for connecting with the rest of the world. Namita Gokhale conceptualised Neemrana 2002, the popular International Festival of Indian Literature and the famous ‘Africa Asia Literary Conference’ in 2006. Along with renowned author William Dalrymple, she is the co-director of ‘Jaipur Literature Festival’. She has been completely associated with it since