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Asura Tale of the Vanquished: the Story of Ravana and his People

Asura Tale of the Vanquished: the Story of Ravana and his People (Used)

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Author: Anand Neelakantan

9789381576052 | PB | pp. 504 | 2012 | Leadtsart Publishing | Used

Asura Tale of the Vanquished by Anand Neelakantan gives voice to the vanquished and oppressed. It tells the epic tale from the viewpoint of Asuras (demons).

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9789381576052 | Paperback | 504 | 2012 | Leadtsart Publishing

Asura Tale of the Vanquished by Anand Neelakantan gives voice to the vanquished and oppressed. It tells the epic tale from the viewpoint of Asuras (demons).

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The story of the Ramayana had been told innumerable times. The enthralling story of Rama, the incarnation of God, who slew Ravana, the evil demon of darkness, is known to every Indian. And in the pages of history, as always, it is the version told by the victors, that lives on. The voice of the vanquished remains lost in silence. But what if Ravana and his people had a different story to tell? The story of the Ravanayana had never been told.

Asura is the epic tale of the vanquished Asura people, a story that has been cherished by the oppressed outcastes of India for 3000 years. Until now, no Asura has dared to tell the tale. But perhaps the time has come for the dead and the defeated to speak. For thousands of years, I have been vilified and my death is celebrated year after year in every corner of India. Why? Was it because I challenged the Gods for the sake of my daughter? Was it because I freed a race from the yoke of caste-based Deva rule? You have heard the victor’s tale, the Ramayana. Now hear the Ravanayana, for I am Ravana, the Asura, and my story is the tale of the vanquished. I am a non-entity, invisible, powerless and negligible. No epics will ever be written about me. I have suffered both Ravana and Rama ? the hero and the villain or the villain and the hero. When the stories of great men are told, my voice maybe too feeble to be heard. Yet, spare me a moment and hear my story, for I am Bhadra, the Asura, and my life is the tale of the loser. The ancient Asura empire lay shattered into many warring petty kingdoms reeling under the heel of the Devas. In desperation, the Asuras look up to a young saviour; Ravana. Believing that a better world awaits them under Ravana, common men like Bhadra decide to follow the young leader. With a will of iron and a fiery ambition to succeed, Ravana leads his people from victory to victory and carves out a vast empire from the Devas. But even when Ravana succeeds spectacularly, the poor Asuras find that nothing much has changed for them. It is when Ravana, by one action, changes the history of the world.

Author:

Anand Neelakantan
ISBN:

9789381576052
Binding:

Paperback
Publisher:

Leadtsart Publishing
Pages:

504
Year of Publication:

2012
Edition:

First
Condition:

Used
Country of Origin:

India

About the Author

The author was born in a picturesque small village Thripoonithura, on the peripheries of Cochin, Kerala. He did his Engineering and joined the Indian Oil Corporation besides moving to Bangalore. Anand Neelakantan is a famous Indian author, who rose to glory with Asura: Tale of the Vanquished, which was his debut novel. Apart from this, he also authored Ajaya: Epic of the Kaurava Clan. DNA ranked him as one among the 6 most remarkable writers of the year 2012.

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