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DRONA
When Drona went to his childhood friend, Drupada, to remind him of his promise of eternal friendship made long ago, Drupada rebuked him and spurned him. Burning with anger and humiliation, Drona was filled with a desire for revenge. That was the only tragic flaw in a brave and supremely talented archer who taught the use of arms to the Kaurava and the Pandava princes.
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First published January 1, 1974
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J.L. Conrad
296 books3 followersJ.L. Conrad is the author of the full-length poetry collections A World in Which (Terrapin Books) and A Cartography of Birds (Louisiana State University Press). Her chapbook Recovery (Texas Review Press) won the 2022 Robert Phillips Chapbook Prize, and her chapbook Not If But When (Salt Hill) won the third annual Dead Lake Chapbook Competition. Her poems have appeared in Pleiades, Sugar House Review, Jellyfish, Beloit Poetry Journal, and elsewhere.
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July 13, 2025
Drona seems to me to be very much like Achilles: one flaw takes his life on a path of destruction. Excellent story that looks at the cost of revenge and the philosophical concept of dharma. Too often we forget the price a hero has to pay; it is almost as if we just want the image of the hero and not the person. This story looks at this problem in depth.
November 28, 2020
28 Nov 2020
1. I admit, I'm having a little trouble reviewing this book? The story is very dense, but also told in a very short format, and I feel weird having to narrate the entire thing for commentary. It's a work in progress.
2. Right. So, a lot of stuff is packed into Drona's story. It's a story of childhood friendship soured (Drupada, and Drona's revenge and humiliation against him), multiple badass feats (Parushurama is like that one NPC who shows up at ever point to hand over game-breaking stuff and then vanishes I s2g), blatant favoritism (sigh, Ekalavya, and I see SO MANY interpretations of why it was righteous of Drona to do what he did but that's a whole other conversation) and trickery (the Ashwattama incident at Kurukshetra).
3. This is a very short book, but it does a very god job of portraying Drona as a complex character- talented, vengeful, forgiving and ambitious. But I have to admit my favorite bit is the whole Ashwattama incident. Which is you know, sneaky but smart.
1. I admit, I'm having a little trouble reviewing this book? The story is very dense, but also told in a very short format, and I feel weird having to narrate the entire thing for commentary. It's a work in progress.
2. Right. So, a lot of stuff is packed into Drona's story. It's a story of childhood friendship soured (Drupada, and Drona's revenge and humiliation against him), multiple badass feats (Parushurama is like that one NPC who shows up at ever point to hand over game-breaking stuff and then vanishes I s2g), blatant favoritism (sigh, Ekalavya, and I see SO MANY interpretations of why it was righteous of Drona to do what he did but that's a whole other conversation) and trickery (the Ashwattama incident at Kurukshetra).
3. This is a very short book, but it does a very god job of portraying Drona as a complex character- talented, vengeful, forgiving and ambitious. But I have to admit my favorite bit is the whole Ashwattama incident. Which is you know, sneaky but smart.
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