The Futility and Irony of Wars (and also petty quarrels and fights)

Kollengode S Venkataraman October 1999 As teenagers decades ago, we grandchildren sat around our family. A matriarch snacking on jackfruit and banana chips during a warm, sultry summer full moon night in a Kerala village. She was telling us how the Mahabharata war ended: As the war progressed in Kurukshetra, Arjuna killed Karna, his own [ ]