Footnotes to the Mahabharata

INTENSE AND INSIGHTFUL TAKES ON THE MEN WHO DRIVE THE ACTION IN THE MAHABHARATA, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WOMEN WHOSE LIVES WERE MOST IMPACTED BY THEM.
Arjuna is the hero of the Mahabharata—but is that how he appeared to Alli, the woman he stripped of dignity to please himself? Krishna is the supreme god and lover—but did he not turn a blind eye to injustice when it suited him? Yudhishtira is the embodiment of truth and humility—but did he have the courage to fight for his wife? Bhishma sacrificed his own needs for his father’s happiness—but what of the suffering and violence that was born of his sacrifice?
K. Srilata’s poems ask questions of the men in the Mahabharata, whose choices inflicted unimaginable grief and loss on their mothers, wives, lovers, children.