Shakuntala - The Woman Wronged : Book Review
Shakuntala - The Woman Wronged By Utkarsh Patel Prior reading to this book, I have heard about Shakuntala as some character in Hindu mythology but never knew her story. As we, all know about Shakuntala’s famous dramatic representation in Kalidasa’s play Abhgyanshakuntalam in which Shakuntala has been presented as gentle distress damsel who was cursed by Sage Durvasa, however, the original characterization of Shakuntala was done by Vyasa in Adiparva of Mahabharata. Shakuntala was one of the first female characters of Mahabarata who ensured she got justice and did not succumb to the man. She was no less than women like Kunti and Draupadi of Mahabarata but we all know her nothing more than a gentle and lovelorn lady, and was a mother of Bharata and wife of Dushyant. But after reading this book, I realized today Bharata whom we know as a king is all because of her mother Shakuntala. I have never realized before that Shakuntala was a protagonist woman character of Mahabar...