Asura: tale of the vanquished
Publication details: Mumbai Platinum Press 2012Description: 498 pISBN: 9789381576052Subject(s): General | Hindu mythology | Legends - Sri Lanka | Mythology, Indic - Fiction | India - FictionDDC classification: 823.92 Summary: Anand Neelakantanवs Asura is a new addition to the increasingly fantastical world of re-told Indian myths, this being the story of Ravana. The pedant in me canवt really get past the fact that Ravana is a rakshasa and not an asura, but weवll let that be for the moment. Neelakantanवs story opens with Ravana dying on the battlefield, felled by Ramaवs arrows. His life flashes before his eyes, as it were, and we become privy to the secret history of the other, the vanquished as Neelakantan would prefer, from the Ramayana.| Item type | Current library | Item location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vikram Sarabhai Library | Rack 43-B / Slot 2457 (3rd Floor, East Wing) | Fiction | General Stacks | 823.92 N3A8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 177446 |
Anand Neelakantanवs Asura is a new addition to the increasingly fantastical world of re-told Indian myths, this being the story of Ravana. The pedant in me canवt really get past the fact that Ravana is a rakshasa and not an asura, but weवll let that be for the moment. Neelakantanवs story opens with Ravana dying on the battlefield, felled by Ramaवs arrows. His life flashes before his eyes, as it were, and we become privy to the secret history of the other, the vanquished as Neelakantan would prefer, from the Ramayana.
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