Feb 9
Women in Mahabharata - Telini
She also works as an oil merchant in Dwarka and when Krishna orders them all to accompany his party to Hastinapura, she shows Krishna how her wares are spoiling in the heat and demands that Krishna buy her out, alongside instilling a policy for better traffic control for the numerous citizens who were being forced to travel without any prior information.
Bheem, sadly, later makes fun of Krishna for these working women finding it so easy to approach him directly, and Krishna also unfortunately leans into the joke without defending them.
