01412nam a22002297a 4500 20250913123935.0 250913b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789353573577 Purchased Mathrubhumi Books, Kaloor English F CHI/EN Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni FOREST OF ENCHANTMENTS 1 Haryana Harper Collins 2019 358 The Ramayana, one of the world's greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this brilliant retelling, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni places Sita at the centre of the novel: this is Sita's version. The Forest of Enchantments is also a very human story of some of the other women in the epic, often misunderstood and relegated to the margins: Kaikeyi, Surpanakha, Mandodari. A powerful comment on duty, betrayal, infidelity and honour, it is also about women's struggle to retain autonomy in a world that privileges men, as Chitra transforms an ancient story into a gripping, contemporary battle of wills. While the Ramayana resonates even today, she makes it more relevant than ever, in the underlying questions in the novel: How should women be treated by their loved ones? What are their rights in a relationship? When does a woman need to stand up and say, 'Enough!' Fiction Novel LEN ddc 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC MAIN MAIN FIC 2025-09-13 Purchased 499.00 001706,2025/09/13 10 10 F CHI/EN E1101930 2026-09-06 15:04:35 2026-08-01 2025-09-13 LEN 196342 196342