author_singhania
They were queens, not warriors. But their battles were deeper, their wounds quieter, and their sacrifices forgotten.
In the shadows of kings and on the margins of a great war, the women of Hastinapur carried the weight of an empire. Satyavati, Kunti, Madri, Gandhari, and Draupadi-names history remembers but rarely honors. Bound by duty, dharma, and devastating choices, their lives were shaped by silence, resilience, and sorrow.
This is not the story of the Mahabharata you know.
This is their Mahabharata.
Their grief.
Their fire.
Their voice.
"Behind every crown, there is a woman who bled for it."