Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...
  • Seasons of Sweetness

    A debut poetry collection from the author of "Parikrama" and "Mangoes for Monkeys", "Seasons of Sweetness" is Radhika Sharma's homage to beauty and all delights beautiful. These poems explore the innumerable facets of beauty and celebrate natural beauty, divine beauty and everyday surprises. An offering to bridge the depths of interior life, the power of memory, the lyricism of song, the adventure ... Read more

    $4.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Policy Analysis in India

    Series series International Library of Policy Analysis
    What drives policy choices in the world’s largest democracy, and how do analysts shape decisions that affect more than a billion people?Bringing together leading scholars and seasoned practitioners, Policy Analysis in India maps the evolution of policy analysis since the country became independent and reveals how analysis is conducted across ministries, sectors and levels of government. Through ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Tara's Lament and the Widow's Voice in the Epic

    Uncovering the Strength and Wisdom of Grief in the Ramayana

    Series Book 2928 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Tara's Lament and the Widow's Voice in the Epic reclaims one of the most powerful yet overlooked moments in the Ramayana. Across Valmiki, Kamban, Tulsidas, and Southeast Asian traditions, Tara's grief over the death of Vali speaks with a force that challenges assumptions about feminine silence and submission. This book explores how her lament transforms into a platform for political rebuke, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Reading Kaikeyi Fairly

    Villain, Instrument, or Mother?

    Series Book 2877 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Kaikeyi has been called the villain who exiled Rama, the instrument of fate, and a mother desperate to protect her son. But who was she really? In this landmark character study, Radhika Nair Bhattacharya invites readers to set aside centuries of judgment and encounter Kaikeyi as the Ramayana's most misunderstood queen. Drawing on Valmiki's original epic, the Ramcharitmanas, Kamban's Tamil ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Husband Who Left

    Lakshmana, Urmila, and the Marriage Set Aside

    Series Book 2868 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Of all the sacrifices made in the Ramayana, one of the quietest—and most profound—is the marriage that was set aside the very night it began. Lakshmana, the devoted younger brother of Rama, chooses fourteen years of exile almost as soon as the wedding garlands are placed. Urmila, his bride, is left behind in Ayodhya. This book traces the story of that separation across the epic's many traditions. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Shambuka

    The Episode Many Traditions Reject, and Why

    Series Book 2983 - The Ramayana Character Library
    The beheading of the Shudra ascetic Shambuka by Rama is one of the most troubling episodes in the entire Ramayana tradition. Found only in the oldest surviving version by Valmiki, it is deliberately omitted, altered, or rejected outright by dozens of later tellings across India and Southeast Asia. Why would a story that appears in the foundational text be so widely set aside? This book explores ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Two Boons

    How a Battlefield Promise Undid a Kingdom

    Series Book 2873 - The Ramayana Character Library
    One battlefield vow. Two devastating boons. The exile of Prince Rama changed the course of Ayodhya forever—but what drove Queen Kaikeyi to make that demand? This book delves into the pivotal moment at the heart of the Ramayana: the promise Dasharatha made to his queen after she saved his life in battle, and the two boons she later claimed. Why did she wait so long? Who whispered in her ear? And ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Who Were the Rakshasas? Reading the Epic's Others With Care

    Seeing Beyond the Demon: A Compassionate Exploration of the Ramayana's Complex Antagonists

    Series Book 2917 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Rakshasas have long been cast as the Ramayana's irredeemable villains—demonic figures to be slain without a second thought. But what if we paused and looked closer? This book invites you to set aside inherited judgments and read the epic's darker characters with fresh, caring eyes. Drawing on Valmiki, Tulsidas, Kamban, Jain tellings, and Southeast Asian traditions, Radhika Nair Bhattacharya ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Three Hundred Ramayanas

    Why the Story Has No Single Version

    Series Book 2999 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Most of us think we know the Ramayana: the prince, the exile, the demon king, the war, the reunion. But which Ramayana? The story told in Valmiki's ancient Sanskrit epic is not the same one sung in Tulsidas's Hindi masterpiece, nor the one performed in Thailand's Ramakien. In Java, Sita is the hero. In Jain traditions, Ravana is a noble figure killed by Lakshmana, not Rama. This book is a guide to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Ahalya's Stone

    Curse, Release, and Centuries of Reinterpretation

    Series Book 2960 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Ahalya, the wife of sage Gautama, is one of the most enigmatic figures in the Ramayana—cursed to become a stone for centuries, then released by the touch of Rama's foot. But her story is far from uniform. In Valmiki's ancient Sanskrit epic, she is a penitent ascetic; in the Tamil Kamban, a victim of divine conspiracy; in Jain traditions, a different narrative altogether. Ahalya's Stone traces this ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Women of Ayodhya

    Queens, Servants, and the Palace's Inner World

    Series Book 2891 - The Ramayana Character Library
    The palace of Ayodhya was not merely a seat of power—it was a world unto itself, and at its heart lived the women who shaped the Ramayana from within. This book brings their stories into focus, drawing on Valmiki, Tulsidas, Kamban, and the Jain Paumachariya to reveal a rich tapestry of queens, handmaids, and unseen labourers. Kausalya's quiet dignity, Kaikeyi's fierce ambition, Sumitra's steady ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Gautama's Curse

    The Sage, His Wife, and a Terrible Judgement

    Series Book 2949 - The Ramayana Character Library
    Sage Gautama's curse transformed his wife Ahalya into stone—or did it? This book explores one of the Ramayana's most haunting episodes: the deception of Indra, the terrible judgment, and a woman's long waiting. Across traditions, the story shifts: in Valmiki, Ahalya is turned invisible and later liberated by Rama's touch; in Tulsidas, she is a stone that Rama breaks; in Jain tellings, the whole ... Read more

    $4.99 USD