Who am I? An existential quest.

Karna is one of the most popular characters in the Mahabharata.

One reason is that he keeps asking

” Who am I?”?

A fundamental question all of us ask ourselves now and then.

The search and the seeking of an identity is never-ending. This makes us try and belong to groups like family, religion, caste, nation and so on and on.

As a primate, we are also social animals, the sense of tribe and community is built into us.

But at the core is that doubt, that search who am I, what a...