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Abstract
The grand narratives or epics have always been narrated through the perspective of men. Since all the events or incidents that lie before us or readers are unfolded through eyes of men, we hardly hear the voices of women from these narratives. However, with the advent of the postmodern era and feminist waves, the women writers from India have taken up initiatives in unfolding these grand narratives from the perspective of women. Placing their focus on a female protagonist, these women writers have represented the anecdotes through the eyes of female characters. Mahesweta Devi’s story “Draupadi”, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’sForest of Enchantress, Pratibha Ray’s Yagnaseni: the story of Draupadi, Kavita Kane’s Karna’s Wife: The Outcast’s Queen, etc., are some of the important anecdotes that champion the voices of women by going beyond the mythical representation of Indian epics. For instance, Kavita Kane’s novel Karna’s Wife: The Outcast’s Queen presents Karna’s life from the perspective of an imaginary a character called Uruvi, the second wife of Karna in the novel. The aim of this paper is to look at how the character of Karna is revealed through the perspective of Uurvi, how the narration through female-voice fills the gap in History, and how the unfolding of events through the eyes of Uruvi subverts the actual mythical representation of the Mahabharata.