consuming new media ain't hitting anymore. πβΉοΈβΉοΈ and the way my life's going... I can't imagine a better time to rewatch Mahabharat. I was so fixated on it during lockdown and it ought to work it's magic.
Hahaha I wasn't even ten years old when I first watched it with my dadi. And this glorious epic was merely an entertainment now. Like any tv serial my dadi watched. But I'm old enough to understand it and ponder. knowing how preventable some actions were and how this wouldnt change their consequences would definity not agitate me at all. π€₯π€₯ Shantanu would still let his wife drown all his kids in the river but the last one. Bhishma would still be the reason for Ambika's isolation. Kunti would still grow curious to test the boon given to her before her marriage. Karna would still be cursed by parshuram for a lie that he himself didnt know. Dhoryodhan would indebt him with his friendship. Yudhistir would still gamble his brothers and then Panchali. Draupadi would still be dragged by her hair in a court full of men who could've prevented it but sat with their eyes downcast. Karna would still suggest she be disrobed. Only Shri Krishna would come to her aid. The curse. The vanvas. The agyatvas and being nearly humiliated at the hands of another brute. The final battle. Karna giving his kavach and kundal away very well knowing it was Indra in disguise to save his son. Ambika coming back as Shikandi and being the reason that bhisma would lie on a bed of arrows shot by his most beloved grandson. Poor, poor abhimanyu's death in the chakravyuh by seven prominent warriors who are cowards. Ghatotkach's death. Karna's death. The revelation. Bheem killing Dusshasan and bringing his blood for Panchali to wash her hair with. The war finally coming to an end with Dhuryodhan's death. That not being the end. Ashwathama going beyond the pale and killing her five children mistaking them for pandavas. Uttara's son Parikshit. How empty it'd feel when i finally reach the end. Wondering what all the adaptation had left out from the vast epic.
Maybe I'd be tempted to read the book. God knows I've developed the patient to read long, long books. And I ought to read it. In truth I haven't felt particularly religious since quite a few time. But I desperately need something to believe in. don't even know what I'm typing. Shout out to all the three people who're gonna read this.











