Aditi Banerjee talks about her book The Curse of Gandhari

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Aditi Banerjee talks about her book The Curse of Gandhari

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In this episode Suhag Shukla speaks with Aditi Banerjee. Aditi is a book author, essayist, and attorney, whose first novel, The Curse of Gandhari — which gives a perspective on the Mahabharata from the unique viewpoint of one of the matriarchs of the Hindu epic. Hope you enjoy it.

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