"Then I recognize what they're singing. It's not Valmiki's great epic! They're singing the pages I'd written in my lonely darkness, out of the need to give voice to all of us who were pushed to the edges. Misjudged, misunderstood. My truth, and the truth of the women whose lives touched mine for better or worse. Their laughter and tears, their triumph and suffering, their blessings and curses." How do I express my feelings after reading this epic version of this one of the most popular epics of our culture; would my confession of reading this book twice probably do justice to my expression...I read it twice only because I wanted to still dwell in those moments of Sita, because I felt it to be too less to just experience it only once, because I somehow felt every part of it so enchanting that a one time read would not do justice to all my desires! A Sitayan indeed! And how incredibly Chitra does justice in portraying every other female character of this ...
This blog is a tribute to my dearest brother, who always wanted to write and publish his work. Now, that he left without fulfilling his desire, I'm attempting to immortalize him through this blogpost! Hope you all enjoy reading...