Discusses the story of Karna and its relation to the “physics of power” as presented in Arhundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things.
In chapter 12 of The God of Small Things by Arhundhati Roy, the author ushers us into a performance of the story of Karna from the Mahabharata, as presented by kathakali dancers in the empty temple in Ayemenem. The paper explains what the story of Karna can teach us about the physics of power.