When I moved to Bengaluru, I realised that it has a grand fiesta that Kolkata has missed—the Karaga festival, held in March-April each year. Karaga is held in honour of Draupadi, who is usually not given the status of a goddess, as Sita is. Here Draupadi is revered as adi shakti, a primal, feminine force like Kali who blesses the good and destroys evil. Read the review and the book to discover an alternative mode of storytelling, one that foregrounds voices gagged by the mainstream. Meanwhile, if you know more about the Karaga festival, especially its connection with the Muslim saint, please let me know.