Girl, 13, Retells Mahabharata In Verse

New Delhi:

13-year-old schoolgirl Sia Gupta has retold the Mahabharata fully in verse, recasting the timeless story of affection and hate, reality and deceit, and intrigue and battle in about 1,000 verses.

“The Mahabharata in Rhyme” just isn’t Sia Gupta’s first e book.

She had actually written her first e book titled “The Magical World of Poems” on the age of eight. She has additionally written the “Tales in Rhyme” collection primarily based on the favored tales of Aladdin, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Magnificence and the Beast.

In her newest work, Sia Gupta focuses her verses on the beliefs of dharma, responsibility and sacrifice to indicate how the Mahabharata stays related even within the twenty first century.

“This epic story you all ought to know, Which befell many moons in the past!” the e book begins.

And it ends with Bhishma’s demise.

“With Bhishma’s demise, this epic story is now finished.

Everybody had misplaced and nobody had really received.

This story teaches us classes to which we are able to all relate; We should always be taught from Bhishma’s life and Hastinapur’s destiny!” it says.

The creator captures the unfolding of the battle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas for the throne of Hastinapur in easy verses, wanting into the occasions, the characters and the ethical dilemmas they face.

The illustrated e book, printed by Om Books Worldwide imprint Om Kidz, was first launched on the Jaipur Literature Competition (JLF) 2021.

In accordance with JLF co-director Namita Gokhale, this “pleasant retelling of the Mahabharata in verse brings the epic alive by and for a brand new technology”.

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