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Valmiki's Women
- Five Tales from the Ramayana
- Narrated by: Meher Acharia Dar
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Would King Dasharatha even have his coveted sons were it not for the sacrifice of his daughter Shanta?
Was Manthara an evil, conniving handmaid to the queen or a loving mother who tried to protect her ward from palace intrigues?
How did Meenakshi of the beautiful eyes transform into the embodiment of ugliness and immoral lust? In an epic that revolves around the life of a righteous prince, what role do the women play?
As best-selling author Anand Neelakantan peels back the layers of Valmiki’s timeless saga, these stories of ambition, love, devotion and courage shine through, inviting listeners to look at the women anew. Lovers, sisters, wives and mothers who hold a complex epic together - these are the women of Valmiki’s Ramayana.
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- Sandeep Sharma
- 16-11-21
The other side
Powerful presentation of other side of Ramayna story. The tale of strong women. Controversial but possible.
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- Jitendra
- 15-02-22
Excellent Stories
Characters which played very important part in Ramayana and stories from their perspective. worth a try.
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- Naresh Motta
- 11-01-22
so nicely narrated. imagination go far and wide.
so nicely narrated.
imagination go far and wide. .
literature at its best.
loved thoroughly
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- Saxena
- 18-12-21
excellent extension to the original stories
Anand and Meher have together weaved magic in the short Stories which are kind of alternative threads to the original ones. language is simple and easy but effective to bring life to the stories. only negative feedback is a few words are wrongly pronounced in audio and I am not sure if author has given this twist or narrator has e.g. Asur is pronounced Asoora, Chaandaal as Chandaala, Vansh as Vamsa and many more. for a non Indian reader these don't matter though.
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- Swarali
- 26-12-21
A new perspective to the Old story
The book has stories of characters who have a great impact on the story of Ramayan, but make fleeting or no appearances in the epic. It give a fresh perspective of many of the events in the story. Would definitely recommend.
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- Navaneeth Ganesh
- 16-01-22
crisp, convenient, charming but far from correct
Anand Neelakantan returns to retelling the lesser known stories of the Ramayana, this time with a focus on the often glossed over female characters who play an important role in the epic's story beats.
Treading the grey line once again, questioning existing norms, Neelakantan takes us through 5 short but racy stories in the Ramayana.
I would have liked a little more reverence to the source material as vilifying lead characters just for the sake of it doesn't sit well with me, but maybe I'm not always the target audience for this books...
A nice one time read.
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- Praveenraj
- 09-12-21
Good work by Anand & wonderful narration by Meher
My personal favourite was Santha. India learns from past? I hope so. Pity Duryodhana. Poor king can't see the best of both worlds.
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- Tejaswini
- 04-03-22
Interesting & insightful
I picked this one out of curiosity and I must say that I wasn't disappointed. It's an interesting take on some lesser known female characters from the Ramayan. I esp was struck by Tataka's story, which was evidence to patriarchy working in subtle and mysterious ways. I wished the narrator & narration was a little better but it doesn't take anything away from the book itself. A hidden gem.
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- BhavyaSree
- 07-02-22
Another Perspective
It's a nice take on a classic, a nice perspective.
Meenakshi and Manthara's tales stood out especially, because we hardly ever get to read about their points of view of things.
Somewhere in the transition though, I felt the continuity was lost and Thatakas tale was kind of incoherent, or so I felt.
A good read though!
Women standing up for women, written by a man!
A spin-off of sorts to the book Asura.
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- Sneha Patil
- 29-09-22
Different view
Loved it. Amazing read. The stories are breathtaking and just wow. Never knew this side of the story.
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