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As Draupadi’s character takes centrestage in the positive ambit, Kunti’s character becomes the nemesis.ĭraupadi is described as born of the fire with a blue hue. The Author questions the edifice of patriarchal storytelling where women were reduced to mere props or extensions for the narrative of the male characters to carry forward. It is not a distant figurative Princess and a haughty queen who is instrumental in bringing upon the worst battle of the times. However, in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s ‘ The Palace of Illusions’, Mahabharata revolves around Draupadi, beginning with her birth, chronicling her childhood, marriage and so on. The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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