Abhinav Agarwal

I had lent the first volume of the Mahabharata translation by Dr. Bibek Debroy  to someone I know. I got it back last evening. This complet...

When Ganga seems ready to drown the eighth son too, Shantanu can bear no more, and he breaks his promise, and stops Ganga. He saves the eig...

Where do yo begin the Mahabharata from? Where do you start? Do you start with the snake sacrifice (सर्प सत्र) ? And what do you do if you a...

As per statistics provided by Google Analytics, for the year 2012, these were the most popular posts on my blog. Eight of the top twenty on...

The Battle at Night Mahabharata, Vol. 6.  Translated by  Bibek Debroy ( Part 1 of the review, also see A Note on the Footnotes ) ( A...

A Note on the Footnotes Mahabharata, Vol. 6.  Translated by  Bibek Debroy (see my review here ) ( Amazon US ,  Kindle US   Flipkart ...

The Incredible Savagery of War, to Restore & Uphold Dharma Mahabharata, Vol. 6.  Translated by  Bibek Debroy ( Amazon US ,  Kindle ...

" Lectures, Meanders, Pontificates, But Does Not Educate " " Enterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Dec...

I wrote a post,  Review of Reviews in 2012 , listing some of the books I read in 2012, and also the whole experience of writing reviews at t...

2012 turned out to be a fecund year, for both reading and writing reviews. A goal that came to mind only in the closing months of the year ...

Adi Parva - Churning of the Ocean , via  Amruta Patil A spectacular graphic retelling of the Mahabharata. This first in a trilogy w...

Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! , by Maureen Wright , Will Hillenbrand Sleep, Sweep, Jeep - It's All the Same! ( my review on Amazon ) Thi...

Indianomix: Making Sense of Modern India by Vivek Dehejia and Rupa Subramanya A Good Freakonomics-Style Book on India Will Have to Wait ...