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Ravana has made his presence in the epic and also in this blog post:-) This blog post begins from what Ravana was before he became Ravana. Sounds puzzling? Read on.. Lord Brahma’s grandson Visrawas was doing his intense meditation when… Continue Reading →

These are two situations that gave a perspective of one telling another person ‘what they did’ (and ‘what they did’ was not a pleasant action to do), without holding back anything. We call this ‘telling the truth’. Read on for… Continue Reading →

I have read and heard people relating many incidents from the Mahabharata, to day to day living. I have hence thought that Ramayana is more a story, with some learnings and messages; or perhaps this thought is also because I… Continue Reading →

This chapter seems to be one more, that details a single situation. This is getting more and more unexpected and unanticipated!! What is the situation? Let me give a background before stating the situation (Ah!! Kamban’s style (meaning first and… Continue Reading →

Perhaps one of the important situations in the Ramayana, which also is a turning point in its own way. I have heard a lot about this situation but did not know the words that were used, to change a person’s… Continue Reading →

  As shared in the introduction of this series of blogs on The ‘Epic’ Learning, I will be taking sections from the book ‘Valmiki Ramayana’ by Cho Ramaswamy and will add my perspective from day to day living. While the… Continue Reading →

Setting the context of this series of blogs: I am not sure if I have been hearing from people right from my childhood, that Ramayana and Mahabharata are our holy books and the main characters in these holy books, like… Continue Reading →