On the parchment

***Spoiler Alert*** "The Mahabharata is an ancient epic where: A son renounces sex so that his old father can remarry: Bhishma a daughter is a prize in an archery contest: Draupadi a teacher demands half a kingdom as his tuition fee: Dronacharya a student is turned away because of his caste: Ekalavya and Karna by Drona a mother asks her sons to share a wife: Kunti a father curses his son-in-law to be old and impotent: Shukra a husband lets another man makes his wife pregnant: Pandu a wife blindfolds herself to share her husband's blindness: Gandhari a forest is destroyed for a new city: Khandava-Prastha a family is divided over inheritance: Kuru clan a king gambles away his kingdom: Yudhishtira a queen is forced to serve as a maid: Draupadi and Sarmishtha a man is stripped of his manhood for a year: Arjuna a woman is publicly disrobed: Draupadi a war is fought where all rules are broken: Kuru-kshetra war a shift in sexuality secures victory: Shikhandi the v...

Tilly succeeded in bringing back Sidney Sheldon's characters alive but the characters were dancing for Tilly's tune and not Sidney's. If you want to be famous, write a sequel to a bestseller, don't go after the legend! Sidney Sheldon was and forever will be the master storyteller. As for the characters, I'd like to start with Gabe. He is a drug addict, loser, criminal and a prisoner. When he is released and suspected for a fraudster again, the natural reaction would be to think he is guilty. But the detective who inquires the case believes in him even though he knows Gabe is an ex-con. Seriously? What was I reading? Sidney Sheldon's sequel or some self motivating crap? The characters were co-operative and lending a helping hand in every step of his. Dhai helps him in real estate business. His friend from "prison" (yeah that's right. People are very generous and kind) is financing him to start a real estate business from scratch. Tara agrees to m...