On Draupadi

Raja Ravi Verma's painting of Draupadi

Perhaps, the most enigmatic character in Mahabharata is Draupadi - the wife of the Pandavas.

In all the Indian myths, it is rare to find a woman as stoic as Draupadi.

But who truly is Draupadi? Her name hardly ever gives a clue. She is named Draupadi after her father - Drupada. She is called Krsna as she had a dark complexion. She is called Panchali as she is the wife of the Pandavas. So that leaves us no where.

Who were her close friends? In the Mahabharata, there is hardly any reference to any female company for Draupadi. I mean, there is Kunti but am pretty sure that Saas Bahu rifts were very common even then. So does that mean she hung out merely with her husbands like a good little church girl? We'll that's what we're lead to beleive.

Fret not though, ladies and gents. We have unmasked Draupadi for. We present to you, Draupadi's latest avatar -Helen. This sexy chica is there to blow your brains away. No wonder Dushashana wanted to undress her... but I get ahead of myself. We don't want you to come all the way to Egmore to see some boring female straight from Raja Ravi Verma's painting. NO! Remember Goldie Hawn? Or Madhubala? Or even Faye Dunaway or Mia Farrow? Now thats what we're talking.

So to catch all the excitement, be there at Ethiraj College on the 26th of September, at eleven in the morning.

And for the time being, hope the ladies below will give you good company!