Born from the sacrificial fire, Panchali was never gladly accepted by her father. Though she never steps beyond the precincts of the supernatural storytelling of Mahabharata, also unfailingly adds the conflicts and values of any 21st-century woman. The author’s portrayal of Draupadi in The Palace of Illusions is conventional, as well as very much contemporary. When your protagonist is one of the most celebrated characters of a widely read epic, then it becomes quite difficult to sketch her in a different light, as the writer’s liberty gets limited.
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