Duryodhana - EVIL or Misunderstood? Mahabharata's REAL Hero? ft Anand Neelakantan| FO90- Raj Shamani

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In today’s episode of Figuring Out, Raj talks with Anand Neelakantan, one of India's top selling authors of over 10 books including the famous ‘bahubali.’ Anand Neelakantan wrote the official prequel series of novels for the Baahubali film series. Anand is also a columnist, screenwriter, and a public speaker. He is known for writing mythological fiction for TV & shows. Hailing from Kerala, Anand resides in the city of Mumbai owing to his passion for writing. 

Being well versed with multiple editions of the ancient Indians epics, Anand shares with us some unheard stories from Rsamayan & Mahabharat and compels us to view them from a fresh lens. He sheds light on how the visualisation in TV has made us see the our epics from a restrained perspective and broadens the horizon of what all can be learnt from Ramayana & Mahabharata. 

He discusses the cyclic nature of life and explains how karma has given its boon and bane to even the gods of our epic tales. He helps us understand the different ways of lives that Lord Rama & Lord Krishna have led and what are the outcomes of the two. This episode will be extremely enlightening for you, so make sure you watch it till the end!

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction
01:45 - Was Lord Ram right in killing Bali from behind a tree?
05:53 -  How Ramayana and Mahabharata related?
08:38 - How is Mahabharata different from Kaurava’s perspective ?
10:22 - How did Kunti, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari die?
13:52 - Duryodhan’s perspective of claiming the throne
20:55 - Was Sita’s agnipariksha justified?
28:22 - Story of King Shibi and Eagle
37:09 - Lessons from Ramayana or Mahabharata
43:12 - Story of Nala Damayanti
47:55 - Conclusion

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