The Man who Never was

Operation Terror by Murray Leinster My rating: 2 of 5 stars View all my reviews

ഇനി ഞാൻ ഉറങ്ങട്ടെ | Ini Njan Urangatte by P.K. Balakrishnan My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews A deconstruction piece of Mahabharata, much along the lines of ‘Randamoozham’, but this time focusing on the character of Karna, through the eyes of Draupadi. Discussing the right, wrong and morality of actions on both sides. How Karna, while being more than qualified and deserving, was given a shitty hand by fate. Despite being a demigod, and son of the Sun god, he was looked down his whole life, which bred resentment in him. Which caused him to pledge eternal friendship and support to the first person who treated him like a human being, who happened to be Duryodhana. His own rigid, unflinching sense of morality and dharma, made him fight at the Kaurava side, even when Krishna, Kunti and Bheesma all revealed to him his heritage and begged him to advise Suyodhana to coexist. Even when promised the chance to be the supreme king, which being his