The Mahabharata is an abiding collection of stories about the ancient Pandava-Kaurava'feud over the Kuru throne. Traditionally, the*Pandavas are accepted as the good side but there is one story that drops an ungraceful shadow on that notion - the story of Ekalavya. Ekalavya, whose skill in archer, Could have rescued the Kauravas from defeat. Ekalavya, who gave away his most important asset as guru dakshina so that the guru-shishya tradition is not let down.