Week 12 Story Revision: Draupadi's Swayamwara Version 2
Draupadi's Swayamwara Drawing of Draupadi Source: Google Source Draupadi was dreading the day of her swayamwara. She had wanted to learn how to be a warrior, but her father insisted that was no life for a woman, and her role was as a wife and mother and a wife and mother only. Growing up, Draupadi rebelled against her father's traditional ways as much as she could. She never wanted to marry a man and thought something was wrong with her. Every time her father pushed her to find a male to mate with, she rebelled even harder. She would sneak away during classes to watch the boys fights, practice battle moves instead of practicing dances, and the worst of them all, kiss as many boys as she could. Although the last practice was to defy her father, she did it also to find her way. In her community, the worst thing a girl could be was promiscuous. Draupadi knew the best way to embarrass her father, the King of Panchala, was to kiss every boy she could and be labeled
