All about the Mahabharata and its author, Krishna Dwaipayana (Veda Vyasa), why he composed it, why Mahabharata is considered the greatest story ever told, who and what it is about, why it is considered sacred, why the stories found in this great epic is relevant to this day and more! Music: Peony Morning - TrackTribe ►Stories of India Retold Podcast Website: https://storiesofindiaretold.podbean.com  Watch the Video Podcast: ► YouTube: hhttps://youtu.be/ZCOFbiqtU3c  ►Spotify video: https://open.spotify.com/show/2yJBzZD1xlclGy8OufkQMs?_ga=2.88777307.1729303884.1714411700-715675952.1714411700  Listen to the Stories of India Retold Podcast  ► Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-of-india-retold/id1612002041 ►Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2XCH6ZI6H582CIDjY9u35w?si=cd245a77e5e94d3a ►Amazon music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/08a630be-6249-41f5-a984-7666f047fd3f/stories-of-india-retold  and on your favorite #podcast App.  Let's Connect: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Stories-of-India-Retold-105376315392520 ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesofindiaretold/  ►Threads: https://www.threads.net/@storiesofindiaretold    References: Jha, V. (2016). The Mytho-epic Re-imagination. Indian Literature, 60(6 (296)), 183–193. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44754735 Joshi, N. (2010). MAHĀBHĀRATA: HISTORY OR MYTH? Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 91, 47–60. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41692159 Mohanty, P. K. (2005). The “Mahabharata”: A Reading in Political Structuring. Indian Literature, 49(1 (225)), 146–151. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23346584 The Illustrated Mahabharata: The Definitive Guide to India’s Greatest Epic. (2017). Dorling Kindersley India. The Mahabharata 1: Complete and Unabridged; translated by Bibek Debroy. (2015). Penguin Random House India. (Original work published 2010) Tribal 'Mahabharat' has epical deviations: Ahmedabad News - Times of India Paul John / TNN / Sep 6 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/tribal-mahabharat-has-epical-deviations/articleshow/168318.cms Witzel, Michael (1995). “Early Sanskritization. Origins and Development of the Kuru State”. Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies. 1-4: 1-26 Women, Gender & Power in Bheel Mahabharata 1 http://innertraditions.blogspot.com/2009/09/women-gender-power-in-bheel-mahabharata.html