an Enthralling Retelling of Indias Greatest Epic, The Mahabharata, Jaya Seamlessly Weaves into A Single Narrative Plots From The Sanskrit Classic As Well As Its Many Folk and Regional Variants. With Clarity and Simplicity, The Tales In This Elegant Volume Reveal The Eternal Relevance of The Mahabharata and The Complex and Disturbing Meditation On The Human Condition That Has Shaped Indian Thought for Over 3000 Years. Sita Approaches Ram and The Ramayana By Speculating On The Titular Character Her Childhood With Her Father, Janaka, Who Hosted Sages Mentioned in The Upanishads, Her Stay in The forest With Her Husband, Who Had To Be A Celibate Ascetic While She Was in The Prime of Her Youth, Her interactions With The Women of Lanka, Recipes She Exchanged, The Emotions They Shared, Her Role As A Goddess, The Untamed Kali As Well As The Demure Gauri, in Transforming The Stoic Prince of Ayodhya into God.the Bhagavata is The Story of Krishna, Known As Shyam To Those Who Find Beauty, Wisdom and Love in His Dark Complexion. Shyam Tells The Story of Krishnas Birth and His Death, Bringing Together The Fragments of This Great Epic Composed Over Thousands of Years, First As The Harivamsa, Then As The Bhagavata Purana, and Finally As The Passionate Songs of Poetsages in Various Regional Languages. Product Description about The Author devdutt Pattanaik Writes, Illustrates and Lectures On Relevance of Mythology in Modern Times. He Has, Since 1996, Written Over Fifty Books and 1000 Columns On How Stories, Symbols and Rituals Construct The Subjective Truth Myths of ancient and Modern Cultures Around The World. His Books With Penguin Random House India include Myth=mithya Decoding Hindu Mythology, The Book of Ram, Jaya an Illustrated Retelling of The Mahabharata, Sita an Illustrated Retelling of The Ramayana, Shyam an Illustrated Retelling of The Bhagavata and The Devlok With Devdutt Pattanaik Series, Among Others. He Consults With Corporations On Leadership and Governance, and Tv Channels On Mythological Serials. His Tv Shows include Business Sutra On Cnbctv18 and Devlok On Epic Tv. To Know More, Visit Devdutt.com.