THE POLITICAL LESSONS FROM THE MAHABHARATA

The word 'politics' always inflicts a sense of excitement as well as resentment amongst the public at large. Often people irrespective of gender or age are found commenting upon the dynamics of politics and the way it has taken shape over the years.

- Bishaldeep Kakati

The subject of politics is driven by the way the politicians of each era want it to be. However, in the larger context, politics is often thought to be the administrative spell of magic that can bring about good to the society and the people residing in it. It won't be wrong even to conclude that it is the system of politics that plays a pivotal role in upholding the basic facets of democracy.

Each land or every country has certain precedents already set that ultimately define the structural discourse of politics in it and in this regard, the nation of India or 'Bharatbarsha' is not different either. In fact, from the Vedas, scriptures to the religious books written or composed in India, each and everything has one or the other thing to comment upon politics and its application in order to establish a regime strong enough to withstand all the internal or external hurdles.