Lessons for Authors from Steve Berry’s “Kaiser’s Web” Kaiser’s Web by Steve Berry is part of the Cotton Malone series. To summarize the book, it is an adventure where Malone and his partner Cassiopeia Vitt unravel the web created by the antagonist known as Kaiser. As the name suggests, it is a German-themed thriller. And …
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Writing a biography There are two ways to write a biography. One is the traditional way where you start with the subject’s childhood and then take the reader through the life journey. Such accounts are usually mechanically written and tend to be academic in nature. The other way is to use a fiction-narrative approach. Here, …
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The next day, Duryodhana criticized Drona for not being able to capture Yudhishtira. Drona then decided to use the Chakravyuha or wheel formation to capture the Pandava king. The Samashapatakas like on the previous day, lured Arjuna away from the battlefield. The Pandavas then charged at the Chakravyuha, but it was impenetrable. Without Arjuna, they …
The Samashapatakas created the half-moon battle formation and fought with Arjuna. Hundreds of arrows were launched against Arjuna, who successfully cut them down. The angry Arjuna started massacring the Samashapatakas and many of them fled the battlefield in panic. Susharma called them back, asking them to fight like heroes. Arjuna then used the Twashtra weapon, …
The next day morning, the two sides again approached Bheeshma with garlands and sandalwood. Bheeshma told them he was thirsty, and the kings ran to get water. He refused their offerings, saying he could not accept objects of pleasure. Arjuna then invoked the Parjanya weapon and shot it to the right of Bheeshma. The weapon …
The Pandava army placed Shikhandi at the head, supported by Arjuna and Bheema. The Kauravas had Bheeshma at the forefront, with Drona and Bhagadatta behind him. Bheeshma used different vyuhas like the asura and rakshasa vyuhas for that day’s battle. The battle then started with Bheema and Satyaki attacking the Kaurava ruthlessly. Bheeshma then attacked …
Duryodhana asked his warriors to protect Bheeshma so he could slay the Pandavas. Bheeshma formed the Sarvatobhadra vyuha. The Pandavas prepared their army and launched themselves at the Kaurava formation. Abhimanyu showed his prowess by attacking the Kauravas and killing their soldiers mercilessly. He fought so fiercely that everyone thought there were two Arjunas fighting …
Bheeshma arranged his army like a mighty ocean with himself at the front. Yudhishtira then asked Dhrishtadyumna to form the Shringataka to penetrate the Kaurava formation. The formation has Bheema and Satyaki at the two horns while Yudhishtira was at the front. The Pandava formation struck the ocean formation and the two armies clashed with …
Bheeshma arranged his side in the Mandala formation. It was a mighty formation, with thousands of soldiers armed and ready to take on the enemy. Seeing this, Yudhishtira arranged the Vajra vyuha to break through Bheeshma’s formation. The battle started, and Drona took on Virata, while Ashwatthama attacked Shikhandi. Duryodhana fought with Drupada, while Sahadeva …
