Karna’s Choice: Loyalty, Gratitude and the Wrong Side
Karna was generous, brave and gifted — and he fought against his own brothers. Why did he stay loyal to Duryodhana until the end?
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The great story of one family divided — rivalry, loyalty, justice and the Bhagavad Gita — told through the choices of its people.
Composed by Vyasa, the Mahabharata is often called the longest poem ever written. At its centre is the conflict between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, two branches of one family, and the war at Kurukshetra.
But the epic is really about choices: what we owe our family, our friends, our teachers and ourselves. This series explores those choices one person at a time.
Karna was generous, brave and gifted — and he fought against his own brothers. Why did he stay loyal to Duryodhana until the end?
In the dice hall of Hastinapura, Draupadi asked the elders a question no one would answer. It still echoes today.

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