Her task is rather tedious as the key protagonist Draupadi is bound by the shackles of a patriarchal society that reveres only a pativrata (subservient to husband only) woman, and also by individual predicament that makes her the wife of five brothers. In this impressive re-telling, she aims at realizing a feminist picture of Draupadi to fit into the contemporary socio-psychological context. Her novel “The Palace of Illusions” centres around Draupadi, the female protagonist of Mahabharata. It has, in addition, religious value as Lord Krishna is one of the protagonists.Ĭhitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a well-known novelist of Indian origin. Mahabharata, one of the two most famous ancient epics of India (the other being Ramayana) is a virtual sea of stories. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India. Jagdish Batra, Professor and Additional Director, English Language Centre, O.P. Analysing the novel The Palace of Illusions which centres around Draupadi, the female protagonist of Mahabharata, the author of this paper marks the deviations of plot from that of the accepted versions, as also other inventive strategies which go to depict feminist credentials of Draupadi.
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