Some Scholars believe Krishna was a Kuladevata, an ethnic and family god of a confederation of Rajput clans. He was also probably a “Patron God of the Pandavas”
Once the peace negotiations fail and preparations for the war begin, the epic Mahabharata lays down elaborate rules of warfare in Bhishmaparvan. Lest anyone forget, it repeats them several times.
Dharma’s world of moral haziness and uncertainty is far closer to our experience as ordinary human beings than the narrow and rigid positions that define debate in these post-9/11 fundamentalist times.
I grew up in this atmosphere with a liberal attitude - that is a mixture of scepticism and sympathy for my tradition. Why then do I feel uneasy about being a liberal Hindu?