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Asura
- Tale of the Vanquished: The Story of Ravana and His People
- Narrated by: Denzil Smith
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The epic tale of victory and defeat
The story of the Ramayana had been told innumerable times. The enthralling story of Rama, the incarnation of God, who slew Ravana, the evil demon of darkness, is known to every Indian. And in the pages of history, as always, it is the version told by the victors that lives on. The voice of the vanquished remains lost in silence.
But what if Ravana and his people had a different story to tell? The story of the Ravanayana had never been told. Asura is the epic tale of the vanquished Asura people, a story that has been cherished by the oppressed outcastes of India for 3,000 years. Until now, no Asura has dared to tell the tale. But perhaps the time has come for the dead and the defeated to speak.
For thousands of years, I have been vilified and my death is celebrated year after year in every corner of India. Why? Was it because I challenged the gods for the sake of my daughter? Was it because I freed a race from the yoke of caste-based Deva rule? You have heard the victor's tale, the Ramayana. Now hear the Ravanayana, for I am Ravana, the Asura, and my story is the tale of the vanquished.
I am a non-entity - invisible, powerless and negligible. No epics will ever be written about me. I have suffered both Ravana and Rama - the hero and the villain or the villain and the hero. When the stories of great men are told, my voice maybe too feeble to be heard. Yet, spare me a moment and hear my story, for I am Bhadra, the Asura, and my life is the tale of the loser.
The ancient Asura empire lay shattered into many warring petty kingdoms reeling under the heel of the Devas. In desperation, the Asuras look up to a young saviour - Ravana. Believing that a better world awaits them under Ravana, common men like Bhadra decide to follow the young leader. With a will of iron and a fiery ambition to succeed, Ravana leads his people from victory to victory and carves out a vast empire from the Devas. But even when Ravana succeeds spectacularly, the poor Asuras find that nothing much has changed for them. It is when that Ravana, by one action, changes the history of the world.
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- Kindle Customer
- 27-07-20
A perspective that is debatable yet logical.
Loved the conclusion. Who the world belongs to?..Is it the Raavans...the Ramas..or the catalysts. ...A must read/ listen i think..
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- Shaji
- 07-10-19
An epic retold from the oppressed persons view.
Truly an epic told from the eyes of the oppressed with a cynical humour connecting to today’s politics. A great listening experience.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-02-21
Exceptionally written and read
The book an insight into the other side of the story. I really like how the author portrays every important event from Ramayna. An exceptional listen worthy book. loved it thoroughly.
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- Anrag Chtrje
- 03-09-20
Exceptional
Great narrative, great narration, thoroughly keeps your interest bound in the story till the very last chapter!
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- Saravanan
- 24-06-22
Ten Heads of Ravan
Ten heads of Ravan... I think those are the possession of his life. No one I known had given such an acceptable explanation. We are shedding some of them in the ways of life but still wish it was there to live a full life.
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- Avishq
- 02-03-20
Amazing Narration by Denzil Smith
At first I thought who would read about a Villains story as our movies portrayed Asuras as Villains.
Anand showed what the Asuras life will be In lanka lands and he showed Ravanas life from his perspective. Denzil's Narration gave life to this story. He really inacted every scene with different vocal sounds for each characters in the story.
Each and every character is well explained and the narration created an interest to listen to this story everyday. Waiting for more from Anand and will read all the stories which are narrated by Denzil Smith.
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- SUBBURAJ.T.G.S
- 15-01-22
A must read in a lifetime
fantastic narration... chiseled nicely and exposed the logically convincing storyline...if the epic is a true story, I bet this would have been the truth.
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- Chinmay Kalmane
- 16-01-22
Loved it!!
An entirely different perspective of the losers of the war. An incredible account of the other of the coin. Loved listening to it!!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-08-20
Stale at first but a masterpiece by the end
overdramatic and pointless voilence at times but the real gem of this story lies within the hidden philosphy that the writer masterfully ozzed through various thoughts that the 2 main characters had. by the end i found it hard to let it end coz the story was so great .
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-02-20
A Different Perspective. Could have been better
It is a different perspective on Ramayana. However here both the "hero" and the "villain" are flawed characters. Neither is all good or all bad. The author takes inspiration from the different versions of Ramayana to put together an alternate narrative. Other than Pushpaka, all the rest of the celestial or divine events in Ramayana have been given real-world explanations which makes them believable. One thing which could have been better was the use of vocabulary. It looked like the author wanted to put in all the words he knew into the work. Sometimes simple words would have conveyed the same meaning in a better way.
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