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Book Review: Mandodari (Queen of Lanka) by Manini J. Anandani

As soon as you see the title ‘Mandodari’, your subconscious may nudge you to Google who is Mandodari. Well, that’s quite okay with people who don’t get much into the Indian mythology, even the knowers will have difficult time in coming to terms with Mandodari. Is she a lesser-known personality from the epic Ramayana? Most probably, yes. Since the school time, we have come across various versions of Ramayana in the form of movies, documentary, books, comics, and so on. And there you certainly find monotony – Rama is the hero of Ramayana. Well, what about villains, other cast of characters and women other than Sita. They too are covered but not in that impressive intensity. You need to rediscover and rethink about this timeless epic tale from a different point of view. A story can have various points of views and there can be differed narrations. Coming to the other side of the Ramayana, you will find Ravana, his kingdom Lanka, his brothers, his sons, his wives and concub...