Mahabharata for Young Readers

Chowdhury, Upendrakishore Ray ( Translated By Swapna Dutta )

ISBN 10: 9350099985 / ISBN 13: 9789350099988

Published by Hachette India, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mahabharata for Young Readers
• Publisher: Hachette India
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9350099985
• ISBN 13: 9789350099988
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: English Language Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion and Spirituality

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Synopsis

A rigged game of dice brings the 100 Kaurava princes, led by the scheming Duryodhana, to the battlefield against their cousins, the five Pandavas - the noble but gullible Yudhisthira, the mighty Bheema, master archer Arjuna and the twins, Nakula and Sahadeva. The epic war of Kurukshetra, which lasted 18 tragic days, pit brother against brother, uncle against nephew and disciple against teacher. The intense battles between warriors equally fearless and skilled - Karna and Abhimanyu, Arjuna and Bheeshma, Drona and Dhrishtadyumna, and Karna and Arjuna - were as much conflicts of loyalty and ambition as they were of choices. The side they chose to support, or fight against, led them into a labyrinth of duty and destiny, where both the defeated and the victorious - lost something or someone precious to them. In this classic retelling of the Mahabharata, written especially for young readers by the inimitable Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, and checked and proofed originally by none other than Rabindranath Tagore, translated for the first time into English by leading children's writer and translator, Swapna Dutta, this eternal tale is brought to life in all its drama and detail.

About the Author

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury (1863-1915) was a famous Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur. He was born on 12 May 1863 in a little village called Moshua in Mymensingh District in Bengal, now in Bangladesh. He spent most of his adult life in Kolkata, where he died on 20 December 1915, aged only fifty-two. He was the father of the well-known writer Sukumar Ray and grandfather of the renowned filmmaker Satyajit Ray. As a writer Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury is best known for his collection of folklore; as a printer he pioneered in India in the art of engraving and colour printing at the time when both were also being first tried in the West ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR Swapna Dutta has been writing and translating, mostly for children, for the last four decades and has more than 40 titles to her credit, including translations. She has been published by HarperCollins, Scholastic, Orient Longman, Rupa, Childrens Book Trust and National Book Trust, among others.