About the Book: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions retells the Mahabharata through the eyes of Panchaali (Draupadi), offering a powerful female perspective on one of India’s greatest epics. From her extraordinary birth and childhood to her marriage to the five Pandavas, friendship with Krishna and complicated feelings towards Karna, Panchaali navigates love, power, war, betrayal and destiny. Blending mythology, historical imagination and psychological depth, this acclaimed novel gives a complex voice to a woman living in a world shaped by men, honour and tradition