Having been acquainted and fascinated by the subject matter of The Mahābhārata since childhood in a more visual manner through dramas, my curiosity reawakened during undergraduate studies to explore the written version. After reading a number of versions, and with curiosity still not satisfied, and now in my professional life, I decided to seek the more comprehensive, older versions. Leading me to the wonderful, artistic works of Mr Kisari Mohan Ganguli, who had translated the 100,000 word version from Sanskrit to Victorian Prose, the authenticity stood somewhat clearer.

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Seeing the old echo in the new, a sense of responsibility to share arose, bringing to bear this initiative with The Mahabharata.org, whereby a sense of loyalty to the authenticity of the stories is intended to be balanced with the need to bring forth the relevance in the World as we know it today as Veda-Vyāsaḥ originally intended.