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Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, Oct 31, 2008
The water from a river that flowed on the eastern edge of the kingdom was not reaching a farm. So the farmer went to the king and the king said, Build a wider canal. This was done, but still the water did not reach the farm. If [...]
Published in First City Delhi August 2008
Sita is the heroine of India’s greatest epic, the Ramayan, and the dutiful and faithful wife of its hero, Ram. By rescuing her from the clutches of the demon-king, Ravan, Ram attains his status as hero and god, with him as the knight-in-shining-armor and her as the damsel-in-distress. But [...]
First Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, 11 July 2008
With ten heads, twenty arms, a flying chariot and a city of gold, Ravan is one of the most flamboyant villains in Hindu mythology. He abducted Sita, the wife of Ram, and was struck down for that. Ravan is the demon-king of the Ramayan, the lord [...]
Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times on 2 May 2008 as 'Work it Out'
In the forest, Ram met an old lady called Shabari who invited him to a meal in her house and offered him her meager fare: berries she had collected in the forest. Lakshman who followed his brother was horrified to see the [...]
Published in Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 20 April 2008
What is the purpose of life? What happens after death? Ask these questions to a young person and he is as clueless as an old person. When it comes to such profound questions the youth today are no different from their ancestors. Yes, they have cell phones, and [...]
Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times supplement, 4 April 2008
Hanuman plays an important role in the Ramayan, yet in the epic itself, he does not hold any great position. He is just one of the many monkeys Ram encounters in the forest. He is not Sugriva, leader of the monkey troop. He is not Angad, [...]
First Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, March 21, 2008
In the Ramayan, Ram is asked to string a bow – a feat that will win him the hand of Sita in marriage. Ram, however, bends the bow with such force that it breaks. Since no one until then had even been able to pick up [...]
(published in Parabola Magazine in Spring 2000 issue)
She was told not to cross the threshold of her husband's house. She stepped out, nevertheless, and ended up being rejected by society. The story of Sita's rejection forms the controversial conclusion of the much-revered Hindu epic Ramayana (so much so, that a few versions of the [...]
