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Surpanakha, the woman 'as hard as nails', was born as Meenakshi, the one with beautiful, fish-shaped eyes. She is the lead character of my book titled Lanka’s Princess. Ramayana is the most written story in the world because of the uniqueness of its characters and the fact that there are many unsung characters in the story. Each character is specific in feature and has directly or indirectly affected the outcome of this mythology. Meenakshi is the youngest sibling of Raavan. Growing up in the shadows of her brothers, who were destined to win wars, fame and prestige, she instead charted out a path filled with misery and revenge. The main story of turning Meenakshi to Surpanakha begins when she elaborates on the devious plan to seek revenge with Ravan for killing her husband, Vidyujiva and from Ram and Lakshman after they killed her son Kumar in the Dandak forest. Shurpanakha receives no peculiar mention from Valmiki, but Kavita Kane has brought much life to her. She ...

  The latest book in Ramachandra Series is titled “ The war of Lanka ”. The narrative that was set through previous books in the series for the three main characters of the series i.e. Ram, Sita, and Raavan finally crash into each other and explode in a slaying war plot. Since it is the Amishverse , "The War of Lanka '' has its own set of unpredictability and new-set-of-angles. But one thing is for sure… this is no retelling of the original war. What continues to be original are the names of characters and places and the outcome… However, the mode of the war takes another avenue . It is a full-on-Bollywood-style drama with a Hollywood-style-war strategy. There are many occasions in the book which are a sheer pleasure to read and yet there are a few explanations that are duplicative (from the previous series) and others not-so-required elaboration. The war aims to strive for two things- first to win over evil/bad people and second to finalize the next ‘Vishnu’ – the flag b...

My childhood has the distinct memories of listening to many stories and tales in the no-electricity-dark-nights kindling my imagination and boosting my notion of hope and virtue. “Ramayan” is one of those epics that carries a special essence of truth and faithfulness and obedience to me. The story still captivates me. The writer of this latest read “ Wisdom from the Ramayana ” is Shri Chaitanya Charan Das. The name is familiar to me as I am used to listening to his podcasts and watching sermons on youtube. He is a monk, mentor and spiritual author & teacher for nearly 25 years in the bhakti-yoga tradition. He is well versed in ancient wisdom texts. His pragmatic approach through his modern-day expression of age-old texts is incredibly absorbing. Wisdom from the Ramayana is a neat little handy book that divulges the nineteen incidents from the Ramayana encompassing many of its characters and reflecting on the complex dynamics of their relationships. These incidents from the ep...