Kavita Kané’s The Fisher Queen’s Dynasty Through the Lens of Victor E Frankl’s Logotherapy

The quest to unravel the purpose of existence has been captivating human minds for centuries now. Philosophical, scientific, religious, and metaphysical conjectures have all been abundant in the historical discourse on the purpose of life. As for the solution to these questions, various people and cultures have different ideas. The neurologist and psychiatrist Victor Frankl developed a theory that deals with existentialism titled, "Logotherapy", which focuses on the meaning of human existence and man's search for such a meaning. Kavita Kané is an Indian author known for her novels that survey and conceptualize the lives of female characters from Indian mythology. The novel The Fisher Queen’s Dynasty demonstrates how an author can take the most tarnished mythical woman character and transform her into a celebrated woman in the hearts of the readers. This research article attempts to study the character of Satyavati, the grandmother of Pandu and Dhritarashtra in the epic The Mahabharata, through the lens of Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning.