{"product_id":"duryodhan","title":"Duryodhan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vidhate, Kaka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Eka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 582\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 22-01-2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 13976\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e About the Book\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDuryodhan believes that the Kuru kingdom belongs to the Kauravas. He will not give away even an inch of that ancestral land without a fight. How can he? The Pandavas are not even the real sons of Maharaj Pandu, they are not true heirs of the Kurus.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn his bestselling Marathi novel, Kaka Vidhate reimagines the enduring tale of the Mahabharat, turning away from the victors to listen to other points of view. In so doing, he reveals an endlessly fascinating protagonist: Duryodhan. He peels back layers upon layers to reveal unknown facets to the character. To some the Kaurava prince is an anti-hero, to others a hero no less than Arjun. In Vidhate’s telling, he is an enigmatic life force that shook and overwhelmed many a statesman and warrior.\u003cbr\u003e\nKrishna helped them, and the Pandavas won the war, a hollow victory. They lost as much as those they vanquished did. As the other side tells the story of the war—Duryodhan, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Dushasan, Shakuni and others who were thus far pushed to the margins of the epic—Vidhate turns on its head the greatest tale ever, to tell a story of monstrous jealousy and devouring greed. Everyone had blood on their hands. There were no winners even as one side wrested a gruesome victory—and Duryodhan knew it right from the start.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nKaka Vidhate has published many bestselling Marathi novels: Rakkasa (1991), the story of a dancing girl called Azijaan and her sacrifice in the 1857 mutiny for independence under Nanasaheb Peshwa; Paradh (1993), the love story of Raja Ramchandradev of Khurda and Razia, the daughter of Murshid Quli Khan, the Subedar of Bihar and Orissa; Daryadil Dara Shikoh (2003), a fictionalised biography of Shah Jahan’s eldest son; Bhargav (2004), the story of the first Hindu king, Hemchandra, who fought against Akbar in the second battle of Panipat; Dev Yoddha, a three-part biography of Bajirao Peshwa I; and Santaji (2011), about Santaji Ghorpade, a valorous sardar in the Maratha army. Duryodhan was published in 1994 to critical acclaim and has gone into multiple reprints.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Translator\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nVikrant Pande has published nine translations from Marathi into English, namely Ranjit Desai’s Raja Ravi Varma, Shreeman Yogi (Shivaji: The Great Maratha) and Radheya (Karna: The Great Warrior), NS Inamdar’s Rau: The Love Story of Bajirao-Mastani and Shahenshah: The Story of Aurangzeb, Milind Bokil’s Shala, V.P. Kale’s Karmachari, and Ratnakar Matkari’s collection of horror short stories titled Darkness. His translation of Girish Kuber’s Tatayan as The Tatas: The Family that Built a Business and a Nation bagged the Gaja Capital Best Business Book Award 2019. Vikrant’s forthcoming translations include Vishwas Patil’s blockbuster novel Sambhaji (Eka, Westland) and Anita Padhye’s biography of Goldie Anand (Manjul Prakashan). He has also written The SBI Story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789360454302\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.7 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English, Marathi\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51106344567088,"sku":"VarietyBook_9789360454302","price":675.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81fOKTLAuYL.jpg?v=1773460521","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/duryodhan","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}