Girl, 13, Retells Mahabharata In Verse

In her latest work, Sia Gupta focuses her verses on the ideals of dharma, duty and sacrifice to show how the Mahabharata remains relevant even in the 21st century.

Thirteen-year-old schoolgirl Sia Gupta has retold the Mahabharata entirely in verse, recasting the timeless tale of love and hate, truth and deceit, and intrigue and war in about 1,000 verses. "The Mahabharata in Rhyme" is not Sia Gupta's first book. She had in fact written her first book titled "The Magical World of Poems" at the age of eight. She has also written the "Tales in Rhyme" series based on the popular stories of Aladdin, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Beauty and the Beast. In her latest work, Sia Gupta focuses her verses on the ideals of dharma, duty and sacrifice to show how the Mahabharata remains relevant even in the 21st century.