{"id":131,"date":"2026-05-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/?p=131"},"modified":"2026-09-07T14:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:27:18","slug":"the-rejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/2026\/05\/21\/the-rejection\/","title":{"rendered":"THE REJECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Karna stepped forward, many believed that he could complete the challenge, and just then, Draupadi rose from her seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Draupadi, in a firm and unwavering voice, declared that she would not marry a Suta, the son of a charioteer. Her words echoed throughout the hall, and the entire assembly fell silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karna, holding the bow froze and smiled, his smile filled with wounded pride, before slowly looking towards the sun and stepping away from the bow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duryodhana, angered and insulted, clenched his fists because his closest friend and ally was humiliated in front of everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But before Duryodhana could speak, Karna raised his hand slightly and silently returned to his seat with dignity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Loved this story? Read it in the book!<\/strong><br>This story is a part of my published book, <em>Epic Tales with Samrudhi<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To get your copy, feel free to mail me at<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:hello@samrudhikadam.in\"><strong>hello@samrudhikadam.in<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Karna stepped forward, many believed that he could complete the challenge, and just then, Draupadi rose from her seat. Draupadi, in a firm and unwavering voice, declared that she would not marry a Suta, the son of a charioteer. Her words echoed throughout the hall, and the entire assembly fell silent. Karna, holding the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/2026\/05\/21\/the-rejection\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;THE REJECTION&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}