Deep Fried Neurons Podcast

For Episode 29,  I visited a story from the longest Epic ever written in human history - Mahabharata. We look at the death of Bhishma, a General in the Kuru army who's life in itself was the reason for a 200,000 verse long poem; and how it cemented a place for the Gender Non-conformists in the Hindu culture. We look at this story as the reason for Koovagam festival, a festival of the transgender community that happens in Tamil Nadu, and also because it has been cited as the reason for the recognition of the 3rd gender in India. More about Koovagam - http://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/nation/2018/may/02/villupurams-koovagam-festival-in-pictures-a-celebration-of-transgender-identity-101474.html Devdutt Pattnayak's Retelling of Mahabharat https://www.amazon.in/Jaya-Illustrated-Mahabharata-Devdutt-Pattanaik/dp/014310425X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=mahabharata+humanistic&qid=1555894340&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmr0 Shashi Tharoor's Satirical take on Maha Bharat: https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&