Mahabharat in Quarantine

Just as I finished watching the whole season of Mahabharat today I had tears in my eyes. Tears of grief and happiness both. Why? Because there was victory of dharm on one end, and on the other end was this question troubling thousand others like me - "Was it all worth so much destruction and blood?" Krishna said - When a tree gives bitter fruits we can't just cut the branches and expect it to give sweeter fruits. One needs to destroy the whole tree so that in future another tree can be planted which gives better and sweeter fruits." True. Dharm yuddh like it is called was fought to provide a better and a sweeter future for the coming generations and it demanded massive destruction. The post-war years must have been the happiest ones since it did not involve adharmis anymore. But for that to happen, so many sacrifices were made, so many people lost their loved ones, so much of mental trauma was experienced, the past was erased to make the future strong though many...