A01=Samhita Arni
A01=Samhita Arni & Moyna Chit
A12=Moyna Chitrakar
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Samhita Arni
Author_Samhita Arni & Moyna Chit
automatic-update
Category1=Fiction
Category=FX
Category=XA
COP=India
Delivery_Pre-order
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_graphic-novels-manga
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Language_English
PA=Temporarily unavailable
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9789380340036
- Weight: 300g
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 2018
- Publisher: Tara Books
- Publication City/Country: IN
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Sita's Ramayana shifts the point of view of the Ramayana - the saga of a heroic war - to bring a woman's perspective to this timeless epic. Narrated by the heroine Sita, it is a powerful meditation on the fate of women, as they become pawns in the wars between men and kingdoms. But Sita is not just a patient victim of events - she endures her fate with fortitude, until the moment she decides to challenge it. The book unites two women from very different backgrounds: young urban writer Samhita Arni collaborates with Patua scroll artist Moyna Chitrakar. To read the Tara blog about the making of Sita click here
Samhita Arni was Tara's youngest author - they published her version of the great epic Mahabharatha in 1996, when she was 12. The book, which she wrote and illustrated, has been published in seven languages. She has since studied film and religion at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, US, and is currently working with a Pakistani woman filmmaker. Moyna and Joydeb Chitrakar are performers and artists from the Patua scroll painting tradition of West Bengal. To watch a video of Moyna Chitrakar performing from the Ramayana scroll which inspired the book click here
