New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- During his four-day visit to Central Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a carefully curated series of traditional Indian crafts, classical literature, and historic mementoes to the leaders of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to showcase India's rich literary, artistic, and craft traditions.

Prime Minister Modi gifted Bibek Debroy's 10-volume English translation of the Mahabharata to the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov. Traditionally attributed to Ved Vyasa, the epic is a cornerstone of India's literary, philosophical, and cultural heritage, exploring themes of dharma, duty, justice, morality, loyalty, and statecraft through the story of the Pandavas and Kauravas, with an enduring influence reflected across Ind...