Madhuri Maitra, Author at Bonobology.com

He is at peace, and her love goes on

Madhuri Maitra’s poignant reflections on her husband and his last days battling a degenerative lung condition…

For the Love of Krishna

Krishna loved many women and each of them adored him back. Far from raising eyebrows, people actually celebrate this love.

Ravana’s wife Mandodari, who teaches us About Acceptance In Love

Mandodari was a frog princess! A fairy tale from another land would have a handsome prince kiss her and carry her away to his palace to be cherished for the rest of her life. But Indian mythology is sometimes harsher. Mandodari had been cursed in a previous birth and was condemned to live as a …

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Sometimes We Arrive At Our Life’s Purpose Through Marriage; Like Subhadra For Instance

Everyone has a destiny. In the Mahabharata Subhadra had the most important destiny to fulfill

Why Gandhari’s Decision To Blindfold Herself Was Wrong

Gandhari blindfolded herself but if she had chosen to see then she could have been Dhritarashtra’s strength

Celibacy and Being Single: Bhishma set the Tone For Us to Follow

Bhishma’s vow to celibacy for his father is a story from the Mahabharata that everyone talks about. It is a story of supreme sacrifice. Here are the details of the story. How Bhishma’s story started One evening, King Shantanu, the founder of the Kuru dynasty, was walking along the Ganges, when he saw Satyawati, the …

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