Official Review: Women Of Ramayana by Kunal Kaushal
Posted: 08 Dec 2020, 04:24
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Women Of Ramayana" by Kunal Kaushal.]
Women Of Ramayana by Kunal Kaushal is a book that reveals historical events as they occurred in India, but these may differ from what people generally know.
This history revolves around about five women known as Ahalyā, Kaikeyí, Mandodarí, Śūrpaṇakhā, and Tārā. The author uncovered adequate information about them through storytelling, such as their marital life, qualities, the roles they played in history, and the reason behind such roles. Each character was considered separately, and Kunal Kaushal dedicated several chapters to each. However, their stories are somewhat connected.
This book reflects the roots of the rape culture in India and how perpetrators try to get away with it, the objectification of men and women, ingrained misogyny, and several others.
The author is of the view that these women played positive roles, which are significant in history. While I agree with this to a large extent, I don’t think he should have placed the story of Śūrpaṇakhā side by side with the other women because, unlike the others, the bad she did supersedes her exploits.
The writer introduced many characters with no information about them at the point of the introduction. However, he disclosed the backstory of a few of them in subsequent parts of the book. This made me spend more time than necessary on it because I had to go over the book slowly, from the point the author mentioned such characters, to figure them out. This reduced my enjoyment of the book, and this is what I disliked most about it.
The book incorporates sketches that usually showed characters while they are conversing. Furthermore, Women Of Ramayana contains terms that are likely to be unfamiliar to English readers, but the book includes their translations.
What I loved most about this book is the superb choice of words of the author, as they evoked the necessary emotions that had the desired effect on me. The exploits these women achieved at a time they were highly restricted also intrigued me.
This book was professionally edited, as I encountered only a few errors in it. My rating of this book flows from my above opinions of it. Therefore, it deserves a rating of four out of four stars.
There are no profane words in this book. On the other hand, it has no erotic scenes. Anyone interested in reading about an aspect of the history of India will appreciate this book, and I recommend it to them.
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Women Of Ramayana
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Women Of Ramayana by Kunal Kaushal is a book that reveals historical events as they occurred in India, but these may differ from what people generally know.
This history revolves around about five women known as Ahalyā, Kaikeyí, Mandodarí, Śūrpaṇakhā, and Tārā. The author uncovered adequate information about them through storytelling, such as their marital life, qualities, the roles they played in history, and the reason behind such roles. Each character was considered separately, and Kunal Kaushal dedicated several chapters to each. However, their stories are somewhat connected.
This book reflects the roots of the rape culture in India and how perpetrators try to get away with it, the objectification of men and women, ingrained misogyny, and several others.
The author is of the view that these women played positive roles, which are significant in history. While I agree with this to a large extent, I don’t think he should have placed the story of Śūrpaṇakhā side by side with the other women because, unlike the others, the bad she did supersedes her exploits.
The writer introduced many characters with no information about them at the point of the introduction. However, he disclosed the backstory of a few of them in subsequent parts of the book. This made me spend more time than necessary on it because I had to go over the book slowly, from the point the author mentioned such characters, to figure them out. This reduced my enjoyment of the book, and this is what I disliked most about it.
The book incorporates sketches that usually showed characters while they are conversing. Furthermore, Women Of Ramayana contains terms that are likely to be unfamiliar to English readers, but the book includes their translations.
What I loved most about this book is the superb choice of words of the author, as they evoked the necessary emotions that had the desired effect on me. The exploits these women achieved at a time they were highly restricted also intrigued me.
This book was professionally edited, as I encountered only a few errors in it. My rating of this book flows from my above opinions of it. Therefore, it deserves a rating of four out of four stars.
There are no profane words in this book. On the other hand, it has no erotic scenes. Anyone interested in reading about an aspect of the history of India will appreciate this book, and I recommend it to them.
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Women Of Ramayana
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
