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Lost Loves : Exploring Rama's Anguish

By ARSHIA SATTAR

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About the book

Below the surface of the heroic narrative of kings and warriors and the triumph of good over evil, the heart of the Ramayana beats with the tender love story of Rama and Sita.Rama and Sita’s love blossoms and grows during their years in the forest, as they learn more about each other and themselves. But the challenges they face in exile, both physical and emotional, take their toll, and by the time they return to Ayodhya, a shadow has been cast upon their love. The consequences are cataclysmic.Through these remarkable essays, we see Rama and Sita at their most human and their most vulnerable — as they face the pain of separation, the darkness of misunderstanding and suspicion, and tragic loss — and, therefore, at their most accessible as exemplars of the culture they have come to define.

Pages: 192

Available in: Paperback

Language: English

ARSHIA SATTAR

Arshia Sattar holds a PhD in South Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago. She teaches classical Indian literature at several institutions in India, is founder and director of the Sangam House writers’ residency, and writes about books and Indian literatures for a number of journals and magazines. Her Mahabharata for Children was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Children’s Literature in 2022. She has been working with the Valmiki Ramayana for thirty-five years.

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It is Rama and Sita’s human side … that Sattar teases out in these compelling and erudite essays. - Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

Arshia Sattar writes with the clinical detachment of a scholar … and the passionate, involvement of a woman who looks ‘beyond’. - Shobhaa De

Sattar makes us realize how deeply conflicted Rama is, and therefore what a valuable guide he provides for contemporary mortals like us. - Wendy Doniger

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