Karna and Arjuna - in modern India
It is the college admission time in Hastinapur! Every one in Hastinapur is nervous. It is well known that The College of Archery, taught by Dronacharya is the top in the country and admission into that college guarantee success in the warfare. But getting admitted there is no easy task. Among many other students - including Kuru princes, Dronacharya's own son Ashwathama, and a young boy Eklavya - Soot Putra Karna was desirous to learn archery from the celebrated and well regarded Guru Dronacharya. Karna's adopted parents - Adhiratha and Radha - were keenly aware of their son's ambitions, but they also knew that there were many huge hurdles in his way. Not only there was a steep competition to get into the school but they also feared that they could not afford the high fees even if he got in. (And they sure did not have money to pay for that "extra weight" to his application). Karna, the ambitious, highly virtuous and talented young boy, wanted to hear none of ...