The Collected Essays of A.K. Ramanujan

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1. Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana

   Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana

   by Devdutt Pattanaik

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   The Ramayana told through Sita's eyes, drawing on folk, regional and Jain versions to show how many Ramayanas there are and what each says about gender, duty and freedom.

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2. Asura: Tale of the Vanquished

   Asura: Tale of the Vanquished

   by Anand Neelakantan

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   The Ramayana told by Ravana and an ordinary asura soldier, challenging the idea of a clear hero and villain.

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3. The Forest of Enchantments

   The Forest of Enchantments

   by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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   The Ramayana as Sita's own story, including her voice on the fire ordeal and her exile, alongside other women of the epic.

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4. Sita's Sister

   Sita's Sister

   by Kavita Kané

   AdultsIndian author

   Urmila, Lakshman's wife, left behind for fourteen years when he follows Rama into exile, finally gets her own story.

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5. Lanka's Princess

   Lanka's Princess

   by Kavita Kané

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   Surpanakha, Ravana's sister, reimagined as a woman shaped by rejection and anger rather than a monster.

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6. Ahalya's Awakening

   Ahalya's Awakening

   by Kavita Kané

   AdultsIndian author

   Ahalya, cursed to stone in the Ramayana, retold as a scholar and a woman who chooses to act on her own desire.

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