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In the Wake of the War

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arjun death dhitarashtra draupadi family gandhari grief karn karna kunti kuruvansh loss mahabharat mahabharata new newfriends pandavas post-war recovery regrets texttospeech uttara vrishaketu vrushali

The Great Kurukshetra War is over. After 18 days of death, destruction, Annihilation, it is finally over.
But for the victors, is it really a victory? 

After the war Arjun is in despair.

Will he ever be able to get over the guilt of killing his eldest brother? Will he ever be able to know what kind of person his brother truly was? Will he ever be able to truly smile again after the war?

Vrishaketu has lost all his family. And yet we know that he will eventually get close to Arjun. How will that happen? How will he able to ever get close to his father's killer?All Rights Reserved

arjun death dhitarashtra draupadi family gandhari grief karn karna kunti kuruvansh loss mahabharat mahabharata new newfriends pandavas post-war recovery regrets texttospeech uttara vrishaketu vrushali

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