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Characters Of the Mahabharata

  The Mahabharata has the most awesome characters. Each Character of the Epic has favourites even the Antagonist, Duryodhana, has his fanbase. The Number of Characters appearing in the serials and daily soaps of the epic are not even half the Original Epic. The Epic's Characters are all interlinked with each other and the epics motive either through Family Connections, Reincarnations etc. So, The Main Characters of the Epic The Author Veda Vyasa The Narrators Vaisampayana - The Main Narrator Suta or Souti - The Summarizer Narrated to King Janameja - Son of King Parikshita and Great Grandson of Arjuna. Gods Shiva  Parashurama Indra and the 33 Vedic Dieties Gandharavas - Angaraparna, Chitrasena The Protagnists side Krishna - The Central Character of the Epic The Pandavas - Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna (Central Character), Nakula, Sahadeva Kunti, Pandu, Madri Draupadi Subhadra Chitrangada Ulupi Uttara Abhimanyu Ghatotkacha Vidhura (Neutral) The Antagonists side Duryodhana - The Ant...
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What's Cooking?

Are you upset? Lost A Game? Had a Break Up? Got Hurt?  Well you wouldnt be anymore if you smell something cooked or look at a Snack loaded fridge, but yes you might be heartbroken if your last Nutella Jar would be empty and you are not the one who emptied it. Food is the solution for mostly all the problems. Food is also something important at various occasions, You obviously go to a birthday party for some cake and snacks rather to wish your friend who is dressed up like a 5 star restaraunt waiter on his birthday. You obviously go to a marriage thinking of the buffet or the Banana leaf meal rather to wish the Bride and Groom who is almost not related to you. I am not exposing or something but just saying food is always first and food is always last.  So, I would be sharing some interesting facts about Food, Cooking Techniques and also some recipes. So you can learn, adapt and enjoy reading the facts or You can sit and drool looking at the exotic food images that I would post....
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The Versions of Mahabharata

The Mahabharata has many books attributed to it. The Epic has come down to us in the form of many books and literature works. There are in fact many written manuscripts of the Epic. The Epic has many manuscripts of which 1259 Manuscripts have been retrieved till date by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) for their Unabridged version of the Epic. These 1259 Manuscripts are classified under "8 Major Recensions" of which 5 are Northern Recensions and 3 Southern Recensions.  The Northern Recensions: Sarada (Kashmiri) Devanagiri (Central) Bengali Nepali Maithili  Of these Recensions, The Kashmiri recensions is said to be more authentic than the others because it has least modifications and additions into the epic due to its Geographical Unreachability. The Nepali Recensions has the Oldest Manuscripts (N3) dating back to 1511 AD. The Southern Recensions: Telugu Grantha Malayalam Most of the Manuscripts from the southern recensions are discarded because they were wri...
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About the Epic

The   Mahabharata is an epic told in the form of stories and folklores. But the stories and folklores told till now still fall short to sum up the Content of the epic. Mahabharata is one of the two major epics of Hinduism, with the other one being The Ramayana.   The two epics are collectively called as ' Itihaasa' meaning History. These histories are the part of the ' Smriti' , meaning memory, Literature with other works like Puranas. The Epic is divided into 18 Main Chapters called as 'Parvas' and has 100,000 shlokas in it and each shloka is a couplet, so there are 200,000 verses.  The 18 Chapters of the Epic are namely: Adiparva Sabhaparva Vanaparva  Virataparva Udyogaparva Bhishmaparva Dronaparva Karnaparva Shalyaparva Sauptikaparva Striparva Shantiparva Anushasanaparva Ashvamedika Parva Ashramavasika Parva Mausala Parva Mahaprasthanika Parva Svargarohana Parva
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We all remember listening to the stories of the Mahabharat from our Grannies. The story did not have a specific time to be narrated, it would come out randomly at any moment or when you ask anything which somehow mysteriously is linked with the epic, but it would still sound so interesting that you just sit down on the ground and listen to your grandmom who is now the Narrator. After this Gradually an interest develops with the epic, We start to buy books of the epic in the form of short stories or episodes like The  Amar Chitra Katha  and then comes the serials and the movies of the epic and its characters. In fact, There are Fan Groups of Characters like  Arjuna, Karna (Fan here), Bhishma  etc. There are various retellings, Shows, Character Stories, Plays and other literary works of the epic which would only increase your attention of the epic. The Grandmom's stories, The Books, The TV serials and Movies have just entered the "Shores of an endless ocean" they have ...
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Whadup Viewers

Welcome to my blogs where i would be "talking a lot" about various topics. Let me Introduce myself, I am Varun Lokesh, I am 19 years old and am doing my bachelor's in Commerce from the Bangalore University alongside Chartered Accountancy from The ACCA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. I am a Singer, Amateur beatboxer,  Keyboard Beginner, Cricketer (Bowling All rounder), Gully Footballer (Defensive MidFielder), Aspiring Stand Up Comedian, and also write answers on Quora. So yeah as i said i would be writing about a lot of topics and would primarily focus on The Mahabharata Religious Aspects Cricket and some aspects of football Cooking Political issues Facts Science Stories Blah Blah Blah Blah and Blah. So let's get Started.
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