About the Book: Mahakshana
Devavrata stands on the brink of becoming Bhishma. Ambas humiliation hardens
into vengeance. Dhushasana steels himself for an act that will scar history.
Bhima waits for the moment to strike Kichaka. Karna wrestles with the
consequences of using the all-powerful Shakti on Ghatothgacha. Abhimanyu
contemplates before entering into the Chakravyuha on the Kurukshetra
battlefield. These are not stories of gods and heroes. They are stories of
desire and doubt, rage and love, ambition and guilt?of ordinary human emotions
colliding with extraordinary destinies. In this extraordinary retelling of the
Mahabharata, Mahakshana, Arun Krishnan steps inside the minds of the men and
women who shaped