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Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana | Devdutt Pattanaik
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It is significant that the only character in Hindu mythology, a king at that, to be given the title of ekam-patni-vrata, devoted to a single wife, is associated with the most unjust act of abandoning her in the forest to protect family reputation. This seems a deliberate souring of an uplifting narrative. Ram's refusal to remarry to produce a royal heir adds to the complexity. The intention seems to be to provoke thought on notions of fidelity, property and self-image. And so the mythologist and illustrator Devdutt Pattanaik retells the Ramayana, drawing attention to the many oral, visual and written retellings composed in different times, in different places, by different poets, each one trying to solve the puzzle in its own unique way. This book approaches Ram by speculating on Sita: her childhood with her father, Janaka, who hosted sages mentioned in the Upanishads; her stay in the forest with her husband, who had to be a celibate ascetic while she was in the prime of her youth; her interactions with the women of Lanka, recipes she exchanged, emotions they shared; her connection with the earth, her mother, and with the trees, her sisters; her role as the Goddess, the untamed Kali as well as the demure Gauri, in transforming the stoic prince of Ayodhya into God.
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Tanisha_A
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Ramayana is one of the two epics (the other being Mahabharata) in Hindu mythology. 'Sita' is the retelling of the same. I am going to read Devdutt Pattanaik for the first time. Excited, definitely ('cause have heard good things)!

The Painted Girls is a pick based off of the back cover blurb, it read interesting! Has anyone read?

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BookishMe Is the retelling in verse? 7y
ElishaLovesBooks I enjoyed The Painted Girls! 7y
batsy I've heard good things about the tagged book too! Look forward to your thoughts :) 7y
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Lindy I listened to The Painted Girls and would recommend the story, especially since the subject appeals to you. I reviewed it here: https://lindypratch.blogspot.ca/2013/10/the-painted-girls-by-cathy-marie.html?m=... 7y
GlassAsDiamonds I‘ll be fascinated to see what you think of the Sita... as much as I want to get into the story, the ah, ending.... I just *can‘t* but probably I‘m missing something! 7y
Tanisha_A @BookishMe Nope. Very story book like! 7y
Tanisha_A @ElishaLovesBooks Thanks for the quick review. 👌😀 Look forward to reading it! 7y
Tanisha_A @batsy I shall definitely let you know! 😀 7y
Tanisha_A @Lindy Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Will read and share mine! :) 7y
Tanisha_A @GlassAsDiamonds I have grown up listening to these stories, so for me the experience here would be more about taking in the writer's way of telling the story. I shall let you know nonetheless! 👍 7y
InsatiableBibliophile Try reading Asura: The tale of the vanquished, by Anand Neelkanthan. It tells the story from Ravana's perspective. :) 7y
GlassAsDiamonds @Tanisha_A 😊😊😊 That makes me look forward to your thoughts even more 😊 7y
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' You feel your Ram has abandoned his Sita, don't you?
But he has not. He cannot.
He is God~ He abandons no one.
And I am goddess~ I cannot be abandoned by anyone. ' ~ Sita ✨


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deepaantony
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Devdutt Pattanaik's Sita is amazing. Sita is a revelation and the writer brings out his ace game in this book.

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ShreyaSharma

"Ram cannot abandon his Sita. He is God, he abandons no one. And I am a Goddess, I cannot be abandoned by anyone" --- Sita

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rishishuklajbhp
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Excellent take on Ramayana... Tries to explain Ramayana from Sita's perspective... Goes a long way in de-constructing the patriarchal bias which is explicit in most of the religious texts particularly Ramayana...