Abhinav Agarwal

Coraline , by  Neil Gaiman Don't Walk Through the Brick Door. ( Amazon US , Amazon IN ,  Anniversary Edition , Flipkart , Flipka...

The Virata Parva is the fourth parva in the Mahabharata, and the shortest of the first four, clocking in at under two thousand shlokas, an...

How do you shoot more than one thousand defenceless, unarmed, peaceful men, women, the elderly, and children in cold blood? How do you get ...

Spotted at the back of a truck on NH7, between Salem and Dharmapuri. The funny thing is that even though this truck is sporting license pla...

The Aranyaka Parva is the third parva in the Mahabharata, and in my reckoning one of the riches in terms of content. While the Adi Parva  ...

Covers of Vols 1 - 6 My earlier post , collected some of the more interesting quotes from the first Parva of the Mahabharata, the Adi Par...

The Mahabharata is a goldmine of stories, episodes, conversations, and incidents. As I read the Mahabharata - specifically the unabridge...

Image Credit: andrewpyper.com The Demonologist , by Andrew Pyper Doesn't Quite Flatter, Most Certainly Disappoints ( Amazon , Ki...

From  Different Seasons (Signet) Fascinating Novella; The Screenplay of the Movie Actually Bettered It  ( Kindle ) I must have watched...

Blindness , by Jose Saramago Human Nature, Seen. ( Flipkart , Amazon , Amazon UK ) Blindness that shines a light on human nature...

In God We Trust. You know, no commentary is required here. Just the words, "Ram bharose". © 2013, Abhinav Agarwal (अभि...

On Feb 26, we had a full moon. It was not yet dark, and the moon was visible just over the horizon. I had to go and get my camera, and spen...

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 ...

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