About the Book

Duryodhan believes that the Kuru kingdom belongs to the Kauravas. He will not give away even an inch of that ancestral land without a fight. How can he? The Pandavas are not even the real sons of Maharaj Pandu, they are not true heirs of the Kurus.

Krishna helped them, and the Pandavas won the war, a hollow victory. They lost as much as those they vanquished did. As the other side tells the story of the war-Duryodhan, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Dushasan, Shakuni and others who were thus far pushed to the margins of the epic-Vidhate turns on its head the greatest tale ever, to tell a story of monstrous jealousy and devouring greed. Everyone had blood on their hands. There were no winners even as one side wrested a gruesome victory-and Duryodhan knew it right from the start.

About the Author

Kaka Vidhate has published many bestselling Marathi novels: Rakkasa (1991), the story of a dancing girl called Azijaan and her sacrifice in the 1857 mutiny for independence under Nanasaheb Peshwa; Paradh (1993), the love story of Raja Ramchandradev of Khurda and Razia, the daughter of Murshid Quli Khan, the Subedar of Bihar and Orissa; Daryadil Dara Shikoh (2003), a fictionalised biography of Shah Jahan's eldest son; Bhargav (2004), the story of the first Hindu king, Hemchandra, who fought against Akbar in the second battle of Panipat; Dev Yoddha, a three-part biography of Bajirao Peshwa I; and Santaji (2011), about Santaji Ghorpade, a valorous sardar in the Maratha army. Duryodhan was published in 1994 to critical acclaim and has gone into multiple reprints.