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Kunti and the Nishadin
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Kunti and the Nishadin
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1. What is the central motive behind the story “Kunti and the Nishadin”? I. To unravel the patriarchal, class and caste structures hidden in the epic. II. To establish Kurukshetra as dharmayudha III. To bring to surface the politics of memory, forgetting and guilt IV. To provide a subversive reading of the epic Mahabharata
2. What is Kunti’s greatest sin according to her?
3. Who was the birth mother of Nakula and Sahadeva?
4. Who is Vidura?
5. Who consoled Draupadi and Uttara when they were devastated at the death of their sons?
6. Which among the following is a work NOT written by Mahasweta Devi?
7. Why does Kunti say that she is not truly pious and dutiful like Gandhari?
8. Who were Kunti’s companions in the forest?
9. Who is the author of the story “Kunti and the Nishadin”?
10. Which God did Kunti invite over her own free will?
11. What is Kunti’s greatest sin according to the Nishadin?
12. Who is Kunti?
13. Why were the forest people fleeing?
14. Bhima is the son of ---------
15. What was the chore assigned to Kunti?
16. “Kunti and the Nishadin” is a subversive reading of ------------.