Ramayana and Mahabharata (Pronunciation: Ramayan and Mahabharat, respectively) are at the core of Indian (that is Bharatiya) culture. These are two of the most in-depth study of human behavior presented in the form of stories that can serve as the guidelines to humanity. Rama (or Ram / Ramchandra) is considered as “Maryada Purushottam”, the ideal human being. You can see ... Read More »
Hi Friends, Have you participated in our February 2020 Book Giveaways? Here is one more book giveaway for our regular readers. Book Giveaway For March 2020 You will be glad to know that, this month we are offering a paperback copy of Vanara: The Legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara by Anand Neelakantan :). The book has already made its ... Read More »
Anand Neelakantan is a popular author from India. He is especially famous for retelling the ancient Indian literature from the vanquished’s perspective. The historians and bards are accused of representing the story from the winner’s perspective. That is found correct to some extent. No one knows the absolute truth. And, everyone has his/her own truth. That is the plural liberal ... Read More »
I got a chance to grab and read Ravana’s Sister (Meenakshi) recently, as a book promotion was running. It is a very short EBook (just 14 pages) which you can read within half an hour. The question is, whether you should read it? If you love to explore Indian Mythology, recently it started flowing books in the zone. As Anand ... Read More »
Anand Neelakantan is famous for visiting the popular mythological stuff from the other party’s perspective. Ramayana is written as Lord Rama’s story by sage Valmiki and carried forward in the same manner. Anand found that there are people in southern part of India who consider Ravana a diety. He even found a village where people worship Duryodhana, whom a majority ... Read More »
We know a lot of Lord Rama and his family through various versions of Ramayana. The most famous (and considered authentic) two versions of Ramayana are (1) Ancient Valmiki Ramayana and (2)Saint Tulsidas’ Ramayana. Lord Rama (aka Ram) is an ideal human being and his character is dignified and glorified as “Maryada Purushottama”. There are many Film/TV Series adaptations were ... Read More »
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