Saturday, August 16, 2008

Mahabharat and the free Apple i-Phone

A random youtube browsing led us to discover the full series of the epic Indian TV show 'Mahabharat'. I was very much fond of this series when it used to get broadcast every Sunday years ago. So I could not hold my breath and started watching the series.
The Pandavas went to the forest after loosing the dice game for the second time to Durjodhana and his gang. One day they were very thirsty and the eldest brother Yudhisthira ordered the youngest one, Sahadeva to look for some water. Sahadeva found a lake but before he started drinking water from it, he heard a voice from within the forest: "You cannot drink the water without answering my questions". Sahadeva ignored and died as soon as he drank the water. The other brothers and Draupadi were anxious at the delay and Yudhisthira ordered the second youngest, Nakula to look into the matter and also bring some water. Nakula found the same lake and faced the same incident. He died too. In the same manner, other two brothers Arjuna and Bhima lost their lives.
Now Yudhisthira went to the place and found the dead bodies of his brothers. He also heard the voice that announced: " My dear Yudhisthira, I am Yakshya, the owner of this lake. Your brothers did not bother to answer my questions before drinking water from my lake. Hence they died. If you don't answer my questions you would face the same fate."
Yudhirthira did not ignore the Yakshya and answered his questions successfully. Yakshya was very happy.
At his moment, before Yakshya could announce Yudhisthira's prize there appeared a female voice:
"Congratulations! You have been selected to win a free apple i-Phone".

A flash ad on the website!

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