KARNALOK, IS THE STORY OF REJECTED, ABANDONED, HOMELESS ORPHANS AND THE WORLD THAT THEY INHABIT. THOUGH AUTHOR DHRUV BHATT BASES HIS NOVEL ON THE SYMBOLIC REFERENCE TO KARNAS IDENTITY OF ABANDONED AT BIRTH, THE NOVEL IS NOT CONFINED ONLY TO THAT SINGULAR MYTHOLOGICAL REFERENCE. DAIVAYATTAM KULE JANMAM WAS KARNAS SIGNATURE LINE. WITHOUT BEING A CONCRETE PRESENCE IN THE NOVEL, KARNA IS OMNISCIENTLY PRESENT THROUGHOUT, REMINDING THE READER OF HIS SIGNATURE...