More than any other sacred text, the Ramayana has been interpreted as a blueprint for right human action. Of the innumerable Ramayanas composed, the most prestigious is Valmiki’s text. Across several cultures though, refashioning and retelling Valmiki’s influential and patriarchal epic has become a way of literary dissent in the grand tradition of Indian self-questioning. Two such voices from Kerala, included here, showcase the sophisticated cultural ...
