In the past, many literary geniuses have written novels on 'anti-heroes' of Ramayana and Mahabharata. But after reading "Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen", I felt a few things needed to be said. My review might come across as unfair to an author and his hardwork. In the entire novel, this is perhaps the most sane, logical and honest statement. Kavita Kane writes in her Preface - that urged by her mother, this book was written in an impulse. As events build up leading to the great war of the Mahabharata, Uruvi is a witness to the twists and turns of Karna's fate and how it is inextricably linked to divine design.Ī splendid saga from the pages of the Mahabharata, Karna's Wife: The Outcast s Queen brings its characters alive in all their majesty.more The story of Uruvi and Karna unfolds against the backdrop of the struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Though she becomes his mainstay, counselling and guiding him, his blind allegiance to Duryodhana is beyond her power to change. An accomplished Kshatriya princess who falls in love with and dares to choose the sutaputra over Arjun, Uruvi must come to terms with the social implications of her marr Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen tells the extraordinary story of Karna, the unsung hero of the Mahabharata, through the eyes of his wife Uruvi, bringing his story to the reader from a unique perspective.Īn accomplished Kshatriya princess who falls in love with and dares to choose the sutaputra over Arjun, Uruvi must come to terms with the social implications of her marriage and learn to use her love and intelligence to be accepted by Karna and his family. Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen tells the extraordinary story of Karna, the unsung hero of the Mahabharata, through the eyes of his wife Uruvi, bringing his story to the reader from a unique perspective.