Mahabharata Daily
Mahabharata Daily tells the Mahabharata as a serialized story: one short episode by email every day, each with a hook, a lesson for the day and a cliffhanger. It takes about a year to finish. Your first week is free, with no card. Texts are coming soon.
Enter your email address here and we send you a confirmation link. Click it and your free week starts. No card. Seven episodes, free.
On the same form, choose a morning email (8am) or an evening email (7pm) and your time zone. You can change either later from the Manage link in any email.
Every day you get the next episode by email: the full 150-220 word episode, the lesson for the day and a teaser for tomorrow. On Sundays the email also links to your week in review, which you can share.
Each day's email arrives with the episode's hook as its subject line. Here is a typical one (the episode number is illustrative):
Ep. 12: Draupadi laughs as Duryodhana slips into the palace pool. He will not forget it.
Open it and the whole episode is right there: 150 to 220 words in plain, warm English, a one-line "Lesson for the day" and a teaser for tomorrow. Every email ends with a one-click unsubscribe link.
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Your family follows the story with you. Everyone gets the same episode on the same day, at the same time in their own time zone, so the whole family is on the same journey. Invite as many people as you like, or sign them up yourself with their email address and pay for them as a gift.
Add them from your account page once your plan is paid.
Full refund on request within 14 days of paying: just email help@example.com. Unsubscribe any time with one click; your emails and renewals stop.
Real notes from readers will appear here once they exist. We will never invent them. If you would like to share what the story means to you, email help@example.com.
It is one of the oldest and longest stories in the world, an epic from India about two sets of cousins, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, and the war that grows between them. Inside it sit hundreds of smaller stories and the Bhagavad Gita. It is sacred to many people and loved by many more.
No. The full text runs to many thousands of pages. Mahabharata Daily is a 365-episode retelling that follows the main story from beginning to end, in order, through all eighteen books, so it takes about a year. Each episode is 150 to 220 words, a minute or two of reading. We name the sections of the source each episode draws on, so you can go deeper whenever you like.
Our episodes are original retellings in modern English, based on the public-domain English translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1883-1896), available from Project Gutenberg. We do not claim religious authority and we do not take sides between traditions. If you spot a mistake, email help@example.com and a person will look at it.
No. Episode 1 starts at the beginning and the story introduces people as they arrive. If you ever lose the thread, the Sunday week-in-review page catches you up.
The first seven episodes, exactly as paying subscribers get them, with no card and no commitment. It starts when you click the link in your confirmation email. On day seven the email includes a link to keep going for $3 a month or $24 a year. If you do nothing, the emails simply stop after a couple more days, apart from at most two short reminders.
Either in the morning at 8am or in the evening at 7pm, in your time zone. You choose on the sign-up form, and you can change it later from the Manage link at the bottom of any email.
Yes. Monthly is $3 a month and renews every month until you unsubscribe. Paying yearly works out cheaper: $24 a year, which is $2 a month.
Yes, once your own plan is paid (not during the free week). On the standard plan each person is $1 a month ($12 a year on a yearly plan), added to your bill. Add as many people as you like from your account page, by email address. Everyone gets the same episode on the same day, at the same time in their own time zone. Each person gets one invite naming you, and nothing more unless they say yes. Invites expire after 7 days, and you are not charged for anyone who does not accept.
Click Unsubscribe at the bottom of any email. One click is enough: all our emails to that address stop straight away, and a paid plan stops renewing. No login and no questions.
Unsubscribe with one click from any email, or email help@example.com. The emails stop and your plan will not renew. Cancelling does not refund you by itself: if you paid within the last 14 days and want your money back, email help@example.com and you get a full refund. Otherwise the time you paid for stays on your account in case you come back.
Yes. Start your own plan, then add them as a family member from your account page and pay for them: $1 a month, or $12 a year on a yearly plan. They get one invite naming you, their emails start when they say yes, and they can unsubscribe with one click.
Later. At launch Mahabharata Daily comes by email. Daily texts are coming for US mobile numbers; when they are ready you will be able to switch from your account page. We will never start texting you without your say-so. If you would rather get texts, click Prefer texts at the bottom of any email: it tells us how many people want them.
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