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A virtual session of An Author’s Afternoon celebrates womanhood through the works of Kavita Kané

Kolkata, Jul 28 (UNI) To know mythology in the best way possible, one must go back to the originals, opines renowned author Kavita Kane.
Prabha Khaitan Foundation, an organization that is dedicated to the socio-cultural welfare and humanitarian cause, organized a virtual session of their flagship initiative, An Author’s Afternoon today.
The session witnessed a captivating conversation between Kavita Kane and distinguished entrepreneur Swati Gautam.The conversation focused on all the works of Kavita Kané’s - from Karna’s Wife to Ahalya’s Awakening. She breathes new life into these age-old stories and characters and gives them a new perspective. The author iterated what inspired her to create these characters and her ideas behind the stories. She took the audience on a short yet crisp journey through all her books and delved into each story.From Urmila’s maturity in Sita’s Sister to creating a fictional Uruvi in Karna’s Wife to give the best perspective of an unsung hero, from the science of seduction in Menaka’s Choice to the insecurities of Surpanakha in Lanka’s Princess – the hour was filled with thought provoking notions on these immortal characters and a fresh point of view on these epics.
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