Synopsis "The Kaunteyas Queen Kunti's Mahabharata"
DescriptionWith a split destiny ruling her life, Kunti, given away at birth, leads a hard butuneventful existence in her foster-father's home. At fourteen she is pressedinto the service of the temperamental sage Durvasa who grants her a boon. Itsfirst use, however, only brings her adversity and a shameful secret.With her marriage to Pandu, Kunti dreams of a better future, but acurse makes him leave the throne of Hastinapur to his sibling, the blindDhritarashtra, and retreat to the forest. When Pandu dies suddenly, Kuntijourneys back to the kingdom, no longer its queen but a widow; a dependant, as are her five sons. She must now take up the task of guiding them throughthe long struggle to get their inheritance, a struggle made harder by thediscovery that Karna, the illegitimate child she had abandoned long ago, isalive and a sworn enemy of the Pandavas.Recasting the Mahabharata from the viewpoint of Kunti, The Kaunteyas replacesthe idealized mother figure with a fully three-dimensional woman, providingnew insights into the epic.
