SUMMARY
The Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata are passed down orally from one generation to the next. Various ideologies may be gleaned from the historical setting of these big stories, which have been done following the beliefs of successive generations. In the tradition of fictional retellings of stories, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni writes a book from Draupadi’s point of view, focusing on the events of the Mahabharata. The essay centres on Divakaruni’s theatrical reproduction, titled “The Palace of Illusions,” which is the subject of most of the analysis.