Author: Narendra K Sinha
Publisher: Fusion Books
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 469
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8184190484
Description
In this book, the story of Rama has been told explicably and vividly in fictional style. It is a mythological novel written in autobiographical mode. The primary source of inspiration has been the Ramayana of Valmiki composed in Sanskrit in the 5th century BC, which goes into twenty-four thousand couplets in the present form. Having been transformed form epic poetry into fictional prose, the novel, written in a simple lucid style, provides an exhaustive account of the great epic character, in his own words.
Rama is unquestionably one of the talent figures in Indian history and culture while Sita represents the best of Indian womanhood. Both of them are, traditionally, treated as incarnations. And yet, the whole story has been presented rationally, from characterization to accounts of events, with a human perspective that can be of interest to a modern reader anywhere.
Contents
MY CHILDHOOD
Turn of Events in Ayodhya
Life in Exile and Abduction of Sita
Joining of Forces
Quest for Sita
War in Lanka and Recovery of Sita
Return to Ayodhya and Banishment of Sita
EPILOGUE