{"product_id":"winds-of-hastinapur-paperback","title":"Winds of Hastinapur - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharath Komarraju\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In a few moons the Goddess will claim me, and I do not have a fresh young virgin by my side to absorb my knowledge and take my place once I am gone. The Mysteries of Ganga and her Sight will vanish with me.' 'My hair is white and thin, now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a few moons, the Goddess will claim me, and I do not have a fresh young virgin by my side to absorb my knowledge and take my place once I am gone. The Mysteries of Ganga and her Sight will vanish with me, and the Great River will become nothing more than a body of lifeless water...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is my intention, therefore, to tell you the story as it happened, as I saw it happen.' The Mahabharata is the story of women, even though men have focused far too much on the Great Battle. It is women who have set events in motion, guided the action and measured the men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Winds of Hastinapur begins at the point that Ganga was cursed and sent to Earth. She lives among the mortals and bears Shantanu, the King of Hastinapur, seven children, all of whom she kills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the eighth, she leaves. That boy, who returns to Earth, will prove to be the key to the future of Hastinapur.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story, as told through the lives of his mother Ganga and stepmother Satyavati, is violent, fraught with conflict and touched with magic. A lady of the river who has no virgin daughter to carry on her legacy, Celestials who partake of a mysterious lake they guard with their very lives, sages overcome by lust, a randy fisher-princess - these and other characters lend a startling new dimension to a familiar tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharath Komarraju does not so much retell the epic as rewrite it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharath Komarraju\u003c\/b\u003e is an author of fiction and non-fiction based in Bangalore, India. He is best known for his Hastinapur series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50351693103341,"sku":"9789351160878","price":14.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/P2_nHBd73k9789351160878.webp?v=1785300908","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/winds-of-hastinapur-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}