Description
Lanka’s Princess
Paperback
by Kanè, Kavita
- Publisher : Rupa Publications India (2016), 312 pages
- Language : English
- Paperback :
- ISBN-10 : 8129144514
- ISBN-13 : 9788129144515
- Weight : 0.31
- Dimensions : 1.73×12.9×19.8 cm
Lanka’s Princess by Kavita Kanè (2016)
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Average Rating:
3.9 rating based on 1,994 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 8129144514
ISBN-13: 9788129144515
Goodreads: 32886711
Author(s):
Publisher: Rupa Publications India
Published: 12/1/2016
Surpanakha, Ravan’s infamous sister—ugly and untamed, brutal and brazen. This is how she is commonly perceived. One whose nose was sliced off by an angry Lakshman and the one who started a war but was she really just perpetrator of war? Or was she a victim? Was she Lanka’s princess? Or was she the reason for its destruction?
Surpanakha, meaning the woman as hard as nails was born as Meenakshi—the one with beautiful, fish-shaped eyes. Growing up in the shadows of her brothers, who were destined to win wars, fame and prestige, she, instead, charts up a path filled with misery and revenge.
Accused of manipulating events between Ram and Ravan, which culminated in a bloody war and annihilation of her family, Surpanakha is often the most misunderstood character in the Ramayana. Kavita Kané 's Lanka’s Princess tells the story from the vantage of this woman more hated than hateful…
3.9 rating based on 1,994 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 8129144514
ISBN-13: 9788129144515
Goodreads: 32886711
Author(s):
Published: 12/1/2016
Surpanakha, Ravan’s infamous sister—ugly and untamed, brutal and brazen. This is how she is commonly perceived. One whose nose was sliced off by an angry Lakshman and the one who started a war but was she really just perpetrator of war? Or was she a victim? Was she Lanka’s princess? Or was she the reason for its destruction?
Surpanakha, meaning the woman as hard as nails was born as Meenakshi—the one with beautiful, fish-shaped eyes. Growing up in the shadows of her brothers, who were destined to win wars, fame and prestige, she, instead, charts up a path filled with misery and revenge.
Accused of manipulating events between Ram and Ravan, which culminated in a bloody war and annihilation of her family, Surpanakha is often the most misunderstood character in the Ramayana. Kavita Kané 's Lanka’s Princess tells the story from the vantage of this woman more hated than hateful…
