Lost Among the Myths: Her Stories – Women of the Ramayana Reimagined

Lost Among the Myths: Her Stories

For centuries, the Ramayana has shaped India’s cultural, spiritual, and moral imagination. Its heroes—Rama’s righteousness, Hanuman’s devotion, Ravana’s downfall, and Lakshmana’s loyalty - have dominated the narrative, analysed and celebrated across generations, while the women who walked beside them, shaped by destiny, love, sacrifice, rejection, resilience, and the consequences of choices often not their own, remained in the background. Lost Among the Myths: Her Stories brings these long-silenced voices to life with clarity, compassion, and emotional richness, as Sita’s ordeal, Kaikeyi’s dilemma, Surpanakha’s humiliation, Mandodari’s grief, and the overlooked stories of Shanta and Ahilya unfold in striking, intimate prose. With lyrical language and deep empathy, author Kalyani Sardesai reimagines the women of the Ramayana not as side characters but as central figures whose fears, strength, desires, and decisions echo across centuries—timeless, relevant, and deeply human. A must-read for lovers of mythology, feminist literature, Indian history, and reflective storytelling, this book invites readers to see the Ramayana anew through the eyes of the women who lived it.

Author : Kalayani Sardesai

Publication : Sakal Publication