Preface to the Mahabharata: C. Rajagopalachari
The present lesson is Preface to the book the Mahabharata authored by C Rajgopalachari, the first Governor General of Independent India. He has retold the great epic, the Mahabharata, in a very condensed language and choosing a grand style suitable to the subject material of the great epic, the Mahabharata, composed by Ved Vyasa, also known as the Krishna Dvaipayana. He has enlivened the cult of the Mahabharata prevalent in the days of yore in his small book very effectively. Beyond the book, the Mahabharata, he has written its preface to introduce his thoughts about his work the Mahabharata. This preface written by C Rajgopalachari, also known as Rajaji, says a lot about how the great epic has impacted lives, culture and people of India. The Preface itself sends home no less powerful message than the book itself. Its impact on the people is so powerful that the history might have been forgotten but the events of the epic are still alive in the minds of the people of India. People...