Reading about the Mahabharata in English, according to Parrikar, lent new perspectives.
"Reading it in English gives you a different view. I can see things in a new perspective," he said, while commenting on one of greatest mythological epics.
Parrikar also confessed to the audience that Shivaji was his ideal and that he tried emulating the Maratha king's principles as much as he could.
"I try to follow his ideals as much as possible, but sometimes you cannot," the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said.
