The art of the storyteller is an exacting one. The creation of a character or characters must also be a seamless part of the circumstances that make them behave in a certain manner at a given moment. The outcome of their actions may carry a moral, or perhaps none in these increasingly amoral times. Vyasa’s task may have been easier writing an epic like the Mahabharata, as it was for others who helped to write or compile it over a long period of time. It is a moot point whether the Mahabha