Description

Patriarchy might have been an ancient relic, and feminism unnecessary, if the scriptures that define our society had been written with women’s voices instead of their screams.

In “Dushala: A Reimagination of the Mahabharata”, the forgotten Kuru princess steps into the light, asking the questions that our epics never answered: What does it mean to be a sister of the men who stripped another woman’s dignity? How does a woman live with the weight of a clan’s sins? What is it to be the wife of an abductor?

Turning the wheels of fate, Dushala questions Krishna and dares to change her destiny. In a bold re-imagining, she demands a universe where women inherit not just kingdoms, but agency, where the narrative no longer ends with their silence.

Blending mythic grandeur with psychological depth, Dushala is a story of rebellion, grief, and reclamation, the untold voice of a woman rewriting Itihasa in her own name.

For readers of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Kavita Kane, Koral Dasgupta, and lovers of mythological retellings with a feminist heart, this novel will heal a wound that you never knew existed.

Itihasa was written by the kings.
Now, a woman writes it back.