Catageory : Fiction
Publisher (English): Penguin Random House India
A charmingly illustrated flip-book edition of two great Indian epics
What were Sita’s choices?
What was the outcome of the fight of the five brothers against a hundred princes?
A tale told two thousand years ago, of Ram and Ravana – the sun prince of Ayodhya who follows the family rules and the king of Lanka who had little respect for others’ choices – is one that has been reinterpreted in myriads of ways, exalting the virtues of the princes. Few notice,however , that the story is actually led by the girl who chose, Sita.
The other is the tale of the five Pandavas and their cousins, the hundred Kauravas, who threw out family morals. Instead of taking care of their five orphaned cousins, the princes burnt their house, abused their wife and stole their kingdom. This is the saga of the boys who fought, not for their revenge but for dharma.
The country’s favorite mythologist, Devdutt Pattanaik, empowers and entertains with the double bill of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata for a whole new generation of readers, in his easy, distinctive style. Flip the book and look at the epics in a brand new light.
The author: Devdutt Pattanaik