Wednesday, 14 January 2015

On 19th January 2015 ; 6:15 pm, US Library, Poona Club




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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