Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Kolkata Students Use Mahabharata Roles to Practice Peace
A peace institute in Kolkata has created a game about solving disagreements.
The game is called Kurukshetra Konundrum.
Teams of five students take part in a discussion.
Each student plays a character from the Mahabharata.
Their goal is to find ways to stop a war from happening.
They can also discuss real or imaginary conflicts.
Eleven schools joined the latest event.
Indus Valley School won, and South Point came second.
Tagore Institute of Peace Studies engages students in conflict-resolution activities.
Kurukshetra Konundrum asks teams of five students to discuss how to prevent war.
Students portray Krishna, Visva, Draupadi, Arjun and Duryadhana in roundtable dialogues.
The third Kurukshetra Konundrum involved 11 schools at BD Memorial School.
Indus Valley School won, while South Point finished as runner-up.
- Who
- The Tagore Institute of Peace Studies, its organizers and students from participating Kolkata schools.
- What
- A student dialogue and game called Kurukshetra Konundrum that focuses on conflict resolution and preventing war.
- When
- The third edition was held the day before the article was written; the article does not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- BD Memorial School in Kolkata.
- Why
- To engage young people in peace dialogue and help them explore ways to resolve conflicts.
- Institute
- Tagore Institute of Peace Studies, or TIPs.
- Founder
- Sitaram Sharma.
- Dean
- Journalist Aditi Roy Ghatak.
- Activity
- Kurukshetra Konundrum, a conflict-resolution dialogue game.
- Participants
- Groups of five students representing characters from the Mahabharata.
- Latest event
- The third edition included 11 schools.
- Results
- Indus Valley School won, and South Point was the runner-up.