Fairy tale Quote by David Farr

To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.

— Mahatma Gandhi

In the heady days that followed the success of 'Mahabharat,' I was young, vain and didn't care much about the story. But in the…

— Puneet Issar

The 'Mahabharata' is the best story ever. It makes you believe that impossible things can be made possible. There is magical realism.

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

“Both the Mahabharata and the Ramayana survive in several versions, the earliest of which are at least five hundred years later than the Vedas.…

— John Keay

“The greatest book in the world, the Mahabharata, tells us we all have to live and die by our karmic cycle. Thus works the…

— Tarun J. Tejpal

What is wrong is wrong but there has to be a layered narrative. And that is what makes 'Mahabharat' timeless. People find its characters…

— Puneet Issar

Great stories like the Mahabharata don't belong to any one culture, they belong to the world.

— Sharad Devarajan

In 2017 I started writing 'Mahabharat An Epic Tale' and it took me two years to write it and prepare the production with Rahul…

— Puneet Issar

In Tharoor's hands [the story of modern India] is transformed into Mahabharata magic… Endlessly inventive, irreverent, wise, ingenious,... it takes on at one level…

— M. G. Vassanji

“ Dharma is easiest to spot by its absence: the Mahabharata employs the pedagogical technique of teaching about dharma via its opposite, adharma ”

— Gurcharan Das

The beauty about the 'Mahabharat' is that every character has shades of grey.

— Puneet Issar

Every House has a Duryodhan, Dhritarashtra, Shakuni, Arjun, Karan, Gandhari, Bhishma . That's the Beauty of 'Mahabharat.'

— Puneet Issar