Literature derives its existence from the social paradigm and also constructs one in its individual texts. This social order constructed in individual texts is, hence, a reflection on the prevailing social contexts in the real world. This social order is governed by various principles like gender, politics, etc. but at its centre is the idea of power. The one who unleashes power is the one who determines the kind of social order. The Paper tries to evaluate how the social structure in Shashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel has been constructed and who holds the “power of representation” in this construction. In addition, the novel derives from, what is probably one of the greatest works in Indian Literature, The Mahabharata. Owing to this inter–textuality and its affiliation to the Epic, the novel automatically draws comparisons and contrasts. The paper also explores the kind of inter–relationship the text has with The Mahabharata and the implications of such an inter–relationship on the social order in the text and on its overall interpretation.