The Ramayana
A New Retelling of Valmiki's Ancient Epic--Complete and Comprehensive

4.5 The writing is beautiful, but still simple and clear. This was a pleasure to read. My only complaint was the language. Truly just the fact that it is a translation and just because I am an English speaker, I got confused by names-- distinguishing people and some Hindu terminology. The beauty easi......more

I was looking for a book in contemporary language, which this one is. But it is still able to tell the story that we all watched or read as kids without any loss in its spiritual meaning.......more

a systematic analysis of misogyny is in order ... so fun to read and to think with ... not a bit troublesome if we think of Sri Lanka back then was already a Buddhist country ... hard not to make that reference why ramayana considers Sri Lanka a land of demons......more

"From Dharma flow wealth, From Dharma flows happiness, The only thing is meant to uphold and implemented in Life i.e. Dharma. " Aranya Kand (Valmiki Ramayana). I have only one single word for This finest and unaltered English version of "Valmiki Ramayana" is - Splendid. Generally, each year I read a......more

This is my second time reading this great religious epic of India. Several years ago, I read Krishna Dharma's version, but I like this version by Egenes & Reddy better. The language is contemporary, yet lyrical, and the narrative is highly readable, yet maintains the profundity of its allegorical an......more