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Book Review: The Flaming Tresses of Draupadi by M. Veerappa Moily (Translated by D A Shankar)

Introduction ISBN:  978-81291453451 Genre: Fiction /Poetry / Mythology Publishers: Rupa Price:  Rs.595/-  ( I got the book for review from the publisher ) ‘S ri Krishna, I am being put through an ordeal, the foolish Acts of your cousins are burning me up, save from these wicked ones Who are stripping me of the cloth I am clad in! You alone can save me, the saviour of the helpless; If I lose my honour, can I stay alive? ’ She vowed to never tie her hair till the day the Pandavas avenged the humiliation she had been subjected to by the Kauravas. That her hair would be left untamed and wild till the day Bhima would kill Dushyasana and smear her hair with his blood. This is an epic poem narrating the saga of one of the most important, intriguing and complex female characters of Hindu mythology—Draupadi of Mahabharata.The Flaming Tresses of Draupadi traces the life and journey of Draupadi from her birth from the sacrificial fire—whereupon she was named ‘Ya...