Bharathi V (MyMbJourney) is a student of the Mahābhārata, passionate about reading, researching, and analysing the itihāsa. She is an author, enjoys conducting sessions/ podcasts, and writing about the itihāsa’s many nuances.
You can read more of her works on Substack here: https://bharathiv.substack.com/
Karma is often misunderstood as a shackle placed around fallible humans by an exacting God, but it is, instead, a tool offered to Man by a compassionate Bhagavān to script his own destiny.
Karṇa’s ‘rejection’ by Guru Droṇa- touted as an example of caste discrimination in ancient India. However, Karṇa WAS a Droṇa-śiṣya!
Sūta Adhiratha, Karṇa's foster father, is often depicted as a poor, frail man on the lowest rung of social hierarchy, oppressed for his ‘caste’. What is the truth?