The Blooming Lotus Formation: A tale of revenge, Kollywood flair and high school esprit de corps

Last night, Chakravyuha, the tragic saga of the war between the war between the Kauravas and Pandavas, came alive on stage at Chettinad Vidyashram High School; but not before students busted some great Kollywood moves in tribute to the Tamil films they've grown up on. Kollywood takes its "K" from Kodambakkam, a

Chennai neighborhood that is home to the Tamil movie industry.

Then, the Mahabharata war began in earnest. On the Abhimanyu, beloved son of Arguna, one of the Pandava brothers, was killed in battle, because he could not find his way out of the Chakravyuha, (aka blooming lotus), a labyrinthine military formation. Had his mother, Subhadra, not fallen asleep one night while he was in utero, he would have been able to hear his father's instructions for exiting the formation. Turns out, though, there was plenty of blame to go around.

Wife to the five Pandavas, Draupadi - who is played by Ridhi, my upstairs neighbor - mourns Abhimanyu's death. 

 "My husbands. When will they ever learn?"

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                                                            Mighty Arguna's final, futile act of revenge.