Can't thank enough for this long and detailed video, narrated well. The decoding of the book cover is good, the questions you raised about jayadratha and Karna's misplaced compassion was thoughtful , and the dilemmas on both sides are mind - boggling. Thanks again madam for the detailed review, all the best for the next volume.
Thank you so much for watching! I am very grateful and honoured for the time you have spent watching my video. I really appreciate it. Have a wonderful day! 🙂
I watched your entire video, I am not able to understand one thing. How do you read such big books, Your patience is amazing. Please tell me too. How can we read such a big book continuously for so long? How do you maintain your focus while reading such a big book,
So kind of you to say so! 😄 And thank you so much for watching the video! So I have been reading for decades, which makes it easier for me to begin with. But specifically for these types of books, I actually developed a process for reading over the course of the past 1.5 years. Initially in the first two books I had a bit of a challenge in keeping pace. So I decided to read just 2-3 pages each day. For me early morning works best to read books like these - big books, heavy on philosophy. I can understand what I read better too. I just make sure I am consistent with those 2-3 pages. And on the weekends, I try to read 10-20 pages in one day. That helps move things along. But I split up the reading on weekends into different times - so each sitting I read only 2-3 pages anyways. So my suggestion for anyone wanting to read these books would be to keep a small achievable page goal per day (like 2-3 pages) and to read everyday. It helps if you read at the same time daily so you can schedule in those 15 minutes into your daily to-do’s. 😃
@@Eswar. Hello, yes Rajagopalachari is great if you are new to the Ramayana and Mahabharata and you want a small, short book that is simple to read and understand. If you want modern retellings which are more liberal in narrative, then books by Devdutt Pattanaik and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni are good. If you like reading from the POV of side characters, then books by Anand Neelakanthan and Kavita Kane (amongst others) can be chosen. Penguin black classics also has versions of the Mahabharata and Ramayana that are abridged. I believe the Mahabharata by Penguin is translated by JD Smith.
