Urmila
of Ramayana, wife of Lakshman and one of the sisters of Sita, is the most
overlooked character of the epic. Without the support of Urmila, Lakshman could
have never killed Indrajit, the most formidable warrior of the
Ravana’s army and his favorite son. She is the only one who stays away
from her husband for 14 years.
But
Urmila cannot be ignored any more as Kavita
Kane‘s next book Sita’s Sister is about Urmila and Ramayana from her point
of view. The book is expected to be released by December, 2014.
Synopsis:
As
Sita prepares to go into exile, her younger sisters stay back at the doomed
palace of Ayodhya, their smiles, hope and joy wiped away in a single stroke.
And through the tears and the tragedy one woman of immense strength and
conviction stands apart – Urmila, whose husband, Lakshman, has chosen to
accompany his brother Ram to the forest rather than
stay with his bride. She could have insisted on joining Lakshman, as did Sita with
Ram. But she did not. Why did she agree to be left behind in the palace,
waiting for her husband for fourteen painfully long years?
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