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Karna's Wife

The Outcast's Queen

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Karna's Wife

By: Kavita Kane
Narrated by: Shaheen Khan
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Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen tells the extraordinary story of Karna, the unsung hero of the Mahabharata, through the eyes of his wife, Uruvi, bringing his story to the listener from a unique perspective. An accomplished Kshatriya princess who falls in love with and dares to choose the sutaputra over Arjun, Uruvi must come to terms with the social implications of her marriage and learn to use her love and intelligence to be accepted by Karna and his family. Though she becomes his mainstay, counselling and guiding him, his blind allegiance to Duryodhana is beyond her power to change.

The story of Uruvi and Karna unfolds against the backdrop of the struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. As events build up leading to the great war of the Mahabharata, Uruvi is a witness to the twists and turns of Karna's fate and how it is inextricably linked to divine design. A splendid saga from the pages of the Mahabharata, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen brings its characters alive in all their majesty.

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loved female take on an old male story... so different to the view of drupadi

beautifully written

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I am usually a huge fan of retellings of Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. Some which stick to the story but introduce details of other characters. Some which take an entirely different take making good guys bad and bad guys good. This failed in a lot of ways. It was same known story in tbe voice of an unknown character. Didn't offer any new twists or stories. The narrator was so horrible in tbe pronunciation of Indian words. If I heard her say Kshatriya wrong one more time I will scream. The narration was actually not bad. It's just mispronounced words. Especially those which are ethnic in a mythological book. Put me off. Don't recommend

Horrible pronunciation of Indian words

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