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PLURALITY OF VOICES IN THE MAHABHARATA: A STUDY OF ANAND NEELKANTAN’S AJAYA: ROLL OF THE DICE

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Mayank Kumar1 , Prof. Parul Mishra
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.9.63

Abstract

The Mahabharata is a typical epic having characters having divine influence. Apart from this there are many other traits of the great epic which pit it into the category of postmodern text. The layered stories of the epic, the vivid characters, the splaying of the set patterns and theories, plurality of voices, marginality and many others as well. The author of the book, Ajaya: The Roll of The Dice, has written the book which displays postmodern traits. Starting from clashes in the family till believing the unfair to be fair, the marginalised to be hero and the antagonist to be protagonist. The book covers all the facets of postmodern text. Duryodhana has been soena s hero of the book. Although lot of criticism is being done for th book published in 2013. The critics say that the story has no connection with fact and it is the author’s fantasy. The study of various versions and then coming to ‘Ajaya’ is a kind of shock to the Hindu followers. However in this democratic country the unheard voices are also heard. The paper attempts to analyse the attempt of Mr Neelkantan’s of making the villain as hero. For meeting his plans the author has used many characters which support his notions.

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