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This 4000-year-old story could be fresh off the front page

Sanskrit epic Mahabharata showing at Perth Festival has an urgent message for all of us – particularly for some in the WA capital.

Michael BaileyArts & Culture editor
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Perth is the perfect place to host a staging of the Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata.

Both, after all, contain powerful clans, fighting it out for control of Earth’s non-renewable resources, with plenty of hubris and hatred along the way.

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Michael Bailey writes on arts and culture, and edits Weekend Fin. He is a former editor of the Financial Review Rich List. He is based in Sydney. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at m.bailey@nine.com.au
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