It offers a new interpretation of the voice of Draupadi as depicted by the novelist. Our paper is a sincere attempt to explore myth and modernity clashing with each other to give birth to a new face. Draupadi's life seeks to break the shackles of stereotypical concept of how women can be women. It shows how a woman born as a princess suffered in her life. Whether it is ancient or the modern period the life of women has not had any changes,it has had only challenges to face and act according to the context. It has its own charm to and hold on the reader. Her determination and courage has been explained all through the novel. The views of Draupadi are totally different from these of ordinary women and the outcomes are as powerful as she is.
The humiliation that went through is given as the challenges of life.Draupadi's life shows in the epic how women need to accept the concept of tradition and culture without any questions. Taking us back to a time that is half history, half myth and wholly magical, bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni gives voice to Panchaali, the fire-born heroine of the Mahabharata, as she weaves a vibrant retelling of an ancient epic saga. Divakaruni's novel The Palace of Illusions, the re-telling of Vyasa's The Mahabharata has uniqueness of its own.The Palace of Illusions is about women discrimination, their struggles, identity, male domination, unique female perspectives and position of women during the period of The Mahabharata. Divakaruni presents a stirring account of the interplay of warriors, gods, and the inscrutable laws of destiny, offering wisdom for today’s war-torn world.Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni holds a prominent place in Indian English Writing. From the story of her magical birth in fire to her final moments as she brings an end to the Third Age of Man, Panchaali bears witness to her fate with insightful observations and a powerful heart. As she abide a fierce civil war, domestic power struggles, and the menace of attraction to ambiguous men, Panchaali brings a feminine sensibility to her male-dominated world. Inter wined into the fabric of traditional tales from the ancient Indian epic, Panchaali’s destiny is a thread as golden and as delicate as the lotus she discovers. Terminated the tempestuous life of Panchaali, daughter of King Drupad and wife to five husbands who seek to reclaim their birth right, bestselling novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni gives voice to a bold and sensuous retelling of captivating stories from the Mahabharata reveals the History and Memory. Relevant to today's war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. The Palace of Illusions is a 2008 novel by award-winning novelist and poet Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
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