Narayan's Mahabharata: Reading Parts A and B

 Source: http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-2-narayans-mahabharata.html

• Shantanu is the King of Hastinapura
• He falls in love with a woman he meets by the river
• The woman drowns their newborn babies in the river
• He protests at the 8th child 
• The wife explains that the river Ganga incarnated in this form to give birth to eight gods
• By drowning the babies, Ganga returns them to heaven
• The 8th child is Bhishma
• Shantanu falls in love with Satyavati
• They have two sons
• Vichitravirya dies without sons
• Dhritarashrta is born blind
• Pandu is born very pale
• Vindura is born without flaws
• Dhritashtra marries Gandhari
• Pandu is cursed from killing a deer and will die when making love
• Susharman is one of Duryodhana's allies
• Peace is encouraged 
• Shakuni suggests to Duryodhana to get revenge on the Pandavas in a game of dice
• Bhima swears to get revenge on Duryodhana
• Draupadi frees her four husbands with a wish
• Pandavas go into exile, twelve years in poverty, one year in disguise 

                                                      (the game of dice)