To me this is the most delightful part of the story, based on my opinion. When Sage Vyasa responds with due respect that she is going to be the wife of five husbands and also the queen of a pompous kingdom, Draupadi, and I were on seventh heaven to know that she would become the queen. I savoured the part when Draupadi pesters Sage Vyasa to know more about how sorrowful her life is going to be. The central idea of the story is that the author chose a female character that was tainted as she wanted to demonstrate that even women have equal rights and should be given equal dignity as received by men. These views of the patriarchal society are the biggest problem the world is and has been facing from years immemorial. She is a charismatic woman with ego.ĭraupadi and her brother were born from sacred fire after prolonged prayers, to King Drupad.Even then she had to suffer the strict gender bias. Chitra Banerjee has portrayed Draupadi as a lady with a voice, who is not reluctant to convey anything which she thinks is perfect. She has been fascinatingly illustrated through this book where we almost envision ourselves in her shoes. The storyline includes narrative about her relationship with her brother, the desolation that she faced in her father’s palace, the relationships with her only sister, Sikhandi her life as the spouse of the five Pandavas and how she triggers the Mahabharata war.ĭraupadi is the protagonist of the book. The unpredictable life of Draupadi, having been produced from fire to her final journey to Mahaprasthan, builds up the climax of this entrancing novel. The picture on it intrigued me as it shows a beautifully carved gate and it feels that walking through it leads to a new life. I was fascinated as soon as I saw the cover page of The Palace of Illusions. This book was worth-spending on as I always wanted to read mythology books written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, as i wanted to discover her perspective about the characters of Mahabharata. We consider ourselves as siblings of last birth! Wrist and he gives me the most valuable gift of the year. It has been a tradition in my house of tying rakhi on my father’s I got this book as a present on the festival of Raksha Bandhan from my father. I recently read this book by the Indo-American author, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
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