Sita An Illustrated Retelling of the..., Devdutt Pattanaik
Sita An Illustrated Retelling of the..., Devdutt Pattanaik
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Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana

Author: Devdutt Pattanaik

Narrator: Suyash Mohan

Unabridged: 13 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2019


Synopsis

Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of Ramayana is an epic story based on the life of India’s most admired prince- ‘Rama’ and his wife ‘Sita’. Ramayana is a mythological story, which is being passed on from past many generations. Since ages, the character that is most emphasized has been that of Rama, who has always been known to keep his word whatever be the circumstances. The role of Sita has been generally overlooked in the past. Sita too is a pivotal character being a single mother; she went through many ups and downs all alone. Still, she has often been portrayed as a frail and meek character.

In the present book, the author has emphasized on this very fact that Sita, though shown as a submissive character, was a woman who had massive strength. In the book, the author has shown Sita’s childhood in a more detailed manner. Her relationship with her father, king Janaka, who was a very sober and spiritual person, Sita’s forest stay with her husband and after that her lone stay, her connection and conversations with the women in Lanka, at the ‘Ashoka Vatika’, the sentiments that were shared amongst them. Also, depicted is her attachment with her sisters, with the trees in the forest, as she loved her life in forest, her bond with the mother earth.

This book has portrayed Sita in a fair and magnanimous way, along with restating the whole story of Ramayana.

About Devdutt Pattanaik

Devdutt Pattanaik writes on the relevance of mythology in modern times. He is the author of over thirty books, with bestsellers like Jaya, Sita, Business Sutra, My Gita and Devlok with Devdutt to his credit. HarperCollins has published Shiva to Shankara, Culture, Leader, and I Am Divine by him previously.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shruti on January 30, 2018

I never had a fascination for Ramayana,because I've always seen Sita as a victim of gender oppression,who spends her life loving and longing for Ram, only to be rejected not once but twice for no fault of hers. However,this book gave me an entirely new perspective of the great epic. Pattanaik does no......more

Goodreads review by Manu on August 22, 2015

Fantastic! When I reached page 250 (almost 5/6th of the book!) - at which point Sita is freed - I finally allowed myself the comparison that had been bubbling inside my head for a while. Jaya, an illustrated retelling of the Mahabharata by the same author, ranks among my top five books of all time.......more

Goodreads review by Sucharita on October 04, 2017

"Within infinite myths lies an eternal truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes Indra, a hundred, You and I, only two" Ramayana is an age old saga that has been passed on from generation to generation through two primary means of communication - maukhik (orally) and likhit (written). Ano......more

Goodreads review by Avanthika on February 01, 2015

I've always liked Mahabharat more than the Ramayan. There's no fun when there are no shades of evil. But then, when I read the story again and again, I found the "righteousness and perfectionism" of Ram to be the real evil. I loved the prologue which compared Ramayan & Mahabharat which actually soun......more

Goodreads review by Girish on February 25, 2019

This book is almost an Dissertation on Ramayana in it's many renditions across languages and continents. And yet, at the centre of the book is the many stories and tales that add up to the familiar story of Sita's Ram. I loved the way the author tried to step aside from any agenda and diligently pre......more