Initiation

अभ्युदय- रामकथा पर आधारित उपन्यास

The absence of earthly logic in the popular versions of Rama-Katha and especially the absence of human rationality in the plot construction of Ramcharitamanas provoked me to a great extent. All the background events which caused the birth of Rama, were of little interest to me, as they were not the experience of our daily life and hence offered little possibility of any rational explanations. My aim, in any case was not to provide any reasoning as to why the ?avatar? took place, but to oppose injustice. The opposition to injustice, in the Rama- Katha begins in the Sidhashrama of Vishwamitra. However this entire episode related to Vishwamitra is quite mushy in the popular versions of Rama-Katha. What were the rakshasas doing near Sidhashrama? What shapes did their atrocities take away..

Title in Original : Abhyudaya: Ramkatha par adharit upanyas
Name in Translation : Initiation
Publication Year : 1989
Translation Publish Year : 1997

Authors : Narendra Kohli
Original Publisher : Parag Prakashan
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books
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