Mahabharata - Introduction

Even after reading multiple books on the great epic Mahabharata, my curiosity of the epic has not reduced. What is so fascinating about the great epic. The story is simple, a war between cousins and the revenge of a humiliated queen. Then what is the part which is interesting to me. 

Well, every character in the epic is right in their own way. There are no villain or hero. Yes, we do have Krishna who is god, who tries to restore Drama. But is he doing that really or is he trying to end the Dwapara yuga and help start the Kali yuga.

What is really happened. Yes, what Duryodhana did to Draupadi was unpardonable. What Draupadi did was not right either, you don’t laugh at a Prince and call him blind like his dad. Duryodhana did respect women a lot. He was the only one who was married just ones. Even Karna had two wives.

Seems to me like a game that was played between Saguni and Krishna. Now the next question comes up.

 Was Saguni wrong is taking revenge against Hastinapura for destroying his Kingdom?

 I have heard two stories as far the destruction of Gandhara is concerned. One that it was destroyed by Bishma during his attempt to get Gandhari married to Dhritarashtra who was blind. The other that Gandhari was instructed to marry a Goat and later kill it since as per her horoscope her first husband would die. The ritual was performed before the wedding and the Kuru family was not aware of it. The secret was out when Bheema and Duryodhana had a fight and Bheema called Gandhari as the goat’s Wife. This made Bishma angry and he imprisoned the Gandhara royal family and everyone died of hunger except the Saguni who was weak and Bishma took pity on him. Was he weak?

So can we really blame Saguni for his revenge?

So who is the villain?

The events , circumstances and the decides that were taken at this moment.

Yes all the events that lead to the war and the ultimate destruction of a race.

Let us start analyzing each character of this great epic. 

Now another question pops up. Did this war really happen? Yes, it did according to me. Since an event that happened thousands of years back is still discussed. Can a story have this effect?  I really wonder.