The Great Indian Novel (Paperback)

from wandering_star

This is a retelling of the Mahabharatha as a story of the modern history of India. It's an amazing book - combining wit, broad humour (including a collection of really horrendous puns), passion and polemic. It's densely allusive: as my knowledge of both the Mahabharata and modern Indian history i...

from aniruddhamatay

A very nicely woven story comparing Indian politics before and after freedom with the epic Mahabharata. This book may infuriate the so called traditionalist Indians, but controversies aside a very enjoyable book.

from Kristelh

This is a book from 1001 list and it is a satire that covers the time period or English imperialism (1930s, WWII, Independence, Ghandi, Nehru, Indira Ghandi) to the post Indira Ghandi. The book is written in structure like Mahabharata with 18 chapters and characters that r/t those in Mahabharata ...

from suchisundar

This is a very interestiny written satire morphing the characters from the ancient indian epic "Mahabharatha" onto the colonial and post-colonial Indian. Even the name of the book is a pun on the ancient epic.

from writer1985

By recasting the Mahabharata in terms of the Indian struggle for independence, Shashi Tharoor has managed to illuminate both subjects. He revitalizes the old myths by showing their relevance to modern society, and he teaches an enjoyable history lesson about the end of the British Raj and the ear...