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- Title: Shanta : The Story of Rama's Sister
- Author: Anand Neelakantan
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- Page: 122
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A Good read about Rama s sister I have heard of a story saying Dasharat had a daughter even before Rama, but not how Anand Neelakantan has portrayed it As always, the author has done an excellent job in just 35 pages Looking forward to short reads from him.
It was a delight to read this short story of Rama s sister I was not aware of the existence of this character in Ramayana till I came across this book Despite being shunned by her father and given away to a childless couple, Shanta becomes the reason for fulfillment of her fathers desire to beget a son
While the detailed review for this book is available at thinkerviews books english, here is the summary of it.The Plot The story will be found interesting by a majority of readers because despite Ramayana being one of the most read and adapted scriptures around India, very little is written about Shanta the first born of King Dasharatha and his wife Kaushlya.In this book we see that Shanta is a girl of age around 16 and she is growing up with mix feelings His father king Dasharatha is very frust [...]
Anand Neelakantan has been known to retell our mythologies from a different perspective be it Ravanas s story in Asura or the Kaurava s story in Ajaya This short story is about Shanta, the first born of king Dashratha and the true heir of Ayodhya Bud sadly, she is hardly known to us Even Dashratha ignores her and pines for a son and even gives her up for adoption in hopes of begetting a son Even on his deathbed he is unable to recognise her Kaikeyi, her step mother and Manthara, her nanny are th [...]
Honestly, I didn t know she was the Scion of Ayodhya I read of the character before in brief as the daughter of Manthara If this book is true Then her sacrifices should never have been erased from our religious history, we only shout in the name of Lord Ram, we never follow his principles or teachings, just bloody political motives to fulfil Women don t see the limelight much anyways Even today when they are way ahead of men, they are still looked down upon Very few parents actually honestly wel [...]
Incredibly engaging and I like it that its a short one , so finished it soon Anand is seasoned story teller and has been successful in capturing the readers who prefer short books.While I may have read about shanta in some of Devdutt Patnaik books , this book from anand is memorable
This book entirely changed views how we see Rama and Ayodhya I never thought king Dasaratha ever had biases towards son or daughters Shanta s story tells us how engraved social evils were at that time too I wonder how images of Kaikeyi s and Manthra s are projected in Ramayana Shanta s story tells us how dedicated giving women are and were always Timings of Shanta s adoption, drought in Anga and marriage of Shanta are speculative, still its a very good retelling.
Long back I read a poem somewhere about Ram s sister Shanta and since then it has been a curious topic for me I have been trying hard to find the evidence of the same and what happened to her, but unable to do so Some scholars quote Valmiki Ramayan, but I have not been able to find those references According to some texts, Shanta was born to Dashrath and Kaushalya around 4449 BC She was later given away in adoption to the King of Ang, and married to a hermit Rishyashringa later on.It is commenda [...]
I picked up this short read to just meet readers challenge for the year But disappointed that it ended so soon I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Magical God I loved the bookwhat a narrative way that is magical as well as informative The first book I read on less known mythological characters
Short, sweet and compelling read.
Everything has a purpose, the nature has a rhythm Wonderful short story Anand neelakantan always amazes me with his thought process.
A short read, however there is nothing new than what is known about Shanta or Shantala I at least expected some research about where her story is mentioned in Ramayana, etc Disappointed that it offers nothing