Draupadi Kuru

Trisha Das

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Draupadi Kuru

Trisha Das
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Trisha Das

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Draupadi is bored of Heaven. Yes, it’s beautiful and perfumed and perfect, but it’s been a few thousand years of the same thing every day. There is only one way to escape: Krishna. He can never say no to her. So she gets her gang of women together – Amba, Kunti and frenemy Gandhari – and off they go to New Delhi, on Earth, where so much has changed and so much remains the same. They have only thirty days. What do they find on earth? Can they give up the chaos of worldly delights for the tedious comforts of heaven?

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The idea could have easily floundered in execution, but the book more than lives up to its promising blurb. Das writes with great wit and imagination and the adventures of the feisty bunch will make you laugh out loud.– Hindustan Times

The book, though a lively romp, is also a commentary on how we perceive our role models in mythology. Draupadi serves as her own, and every diverse woman’s inner monologue. – India Today

A fun deviation from the serious for fans of mythology, Ms Draupadi Kuru is a refreshing take on the feisty queen.– The Telegraph

An electrifying, fast-paced narrative that truly entertains. – Hello! Magazine

Trisha Das’ Draupadi is a defiant, courageous woman fully in control of her body and mind. – DailyO

One of the modern writers to consider who are questioning, portraying, and contributing a significant amount to the conversation about who is a strong woman and what can be construed as woman power. – Jaya Bhattacharji Rose

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Draupadi is bored of Heaven. Yes, it’s beautiful and perfumed and perfect, but it’s been a few thousand years of the same thing every day. There is only one way to escape: Krishna. He can never say no to her. So she gets her gang of women together – Amba, Kunti and frenemy Gandhari – and off they go to New Delhi, on Earth, where so much has changed and so much remains the same. They have only thirty days. What do they find on earth? Can they give up the chaos of worldly delights for the tedious comforts of heaven?

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Trisha Das

Trisha, who has written and directed over 40 documentaries, moved to writing after 2005. She has authored The Mahabharata Re-imagined, a retelling of the epic through short stories, and two non-fiction books — The Art of the Television Interview and How to write a Documentary Script. The idea for the most recent one came up after she read the book Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips. “That’s a story about a bunch of Greek gods, who land in New York City. That’s when I thought why not do something with Mahabharata, which I have grown up reading,” she says.

Trisha has been working on the book for the past five years, during the span of which she became a mother to two children. “It’s tough. I would have to attend to a crying baby, feed the baby, make the baby sleep, and this goes on in a loop. My writing happened in short spells, whenever I got time off being a mommy,” she says. “This took long because of my babies. I already have two other books in the pipeline, which should get done faster,” she says.

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