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Why it is always the ones who are defeated tagged "villains" while the winners are always the heroes? Why losers are ridiculed all through-out the pages of history ?
Pandavas fought for a kingdom which did not belong to them at first place, they gambled their wife away in the gambling-court of men, they broke and deceived all the rules of the greatest war which was ironically named the Dharma-yudh. And they emerged as the heroes of history.
Kauravas, the righteous heirs of the throne of Hastinapur, waited and waited and waited, only to be tagged as evils in the pages of history. I always admired Duryodhan more than Yudhistir (let alone the Vastraharan) and Karna more than Arjun who relied on Krishna for his victories ! If the Kauravas are not the righteous, then why did Bhishma, Vithur, Kripacharya, Dronacharya and Karna take their side in the Kurushetra war ?

Ajaya : The epic of Kaurava clan by Anand Neelakantan glorifies Suyodhan (“Dur”yodhan) all through the book. The dark side of the wealthy kingdoms and the result of king’s ignorance, the slums of Hastinapur and Indraprasta are beautifully and tragically explained. I never imagined that I will ever read a book that’ll give prime importance to the hunter Jara and the deceived Ekalaiva. Hats off to the writer for bringing them into the picture. The cold war between Kunthi and Gandhaari, I loved it. Duryodhan & Banumathi’s romance is well captured ��
The foreign prince, Sakuni, always holds prime importance in mahabarat related stories and once again, he doesn’t disappoint here. The book ends with stupid Yudhistir gambling away all he had which includes his puppet brothers and common wife Draupati while the foreigner Sakuni watches the scene with a glee. Draupati’s fate is in Duryodhan’s hands now and I am already waiting for "Ajaya II: Rise of Kali" to explain the rest of the story justifying Duryodhan’s actions.