Thoughts

Drona promised Arjuna that he would make him the greatest archer. Ekalavya was not part of that promise, but somehow, he ended up paying the price for it. Ekalavya can represent devotion. But he can also represent talent crushed by hierarchy and gatekeeping. This is me looking at the other side of a story often remembered for devotion, and wondering whether Drona ever had the moral right to ask for that sacrifice.