If one needs a refresher, in the Mahabharata, Karna – who had more than his fair share of curses – was castigated by a sage whose cow he shot down, who proclaimed that Karna too would be ...

Karna is one of the most tragic figures in the Mahabharata. Tragedy followed him right from birth. He was born to an unwed mother, Kunti, who placed the newborn in a wooden basket and left him to ...