In a world of a dozen existing books and notable research on mythology, Irawati Karve's 'Yuganta: The End of an Epoch' has a niche of its own. In her book, Karve retells the story of Mahabharata. The highlight is her minute attention to the characters instead of the epic narration. She finely dissects each of the characters that appear in this epic and present to the readers a detailed descriptive analysis of their minds and actions. A lot of the existing literature either condemns or exonerates the stories of the Mahabharata but Karve methodically analyses the much talked about mythological figures and presents them in the light of modern social and anthropological studies. She refutes or rationalizes every activity in the story by giving it a socially scientific background and while doing so, also builds a historical construct around it. Praised highly by many critics, this piece of literature offers a radical view of the Mahabharata and fascinates readers and academicians alike.