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“The whole Ramayana series by Ashok K. Banker is a modern Indian classic. Its a fantastic rewrite of the original Ramayana. It takes a completely different interpretation from the original epic, that of a common man, that a citizen of the 20th century can understand, accept and admire. I don't think I have met a single Indian bought up on the deeds of Rama, told by parents and grand parents alike, who does not admire the virtue and moral learnings of this epic. However the religious and superstitiousness associated with the tellings results in skepticism and loss of those learnings at some point during our sojourn into the real world. By bringing logic and a more humanistic to the same stories, Ashok Banker has rekindled the moralities, ethicism and values that the stories were meant to impart and imbibe.
Prince of Ayodhya is the first book of this series. It introduces us to Rama the soon to great warrior and the greates of men to ever have lived. The first book takes us through the initial events that transformed Rama from a boy to a warrior and a man. ”
