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A review by vaibhavsh2624
The Liberation of Sita by Volga
5.0
It's a retelling of Ramayana but not how we have come to know mythological retellings today be it Amish's Meluha trilogy or Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions, it's much more than that, much more than a retelling. It just doesn't give a new perspective to the story, it gives new meanings to it too.
We go back and forth in the Ramayana timeline with Sita at different stages of her life with Rama. Sita meets Surpanakha, Ahalya, Renuka Devi & Urmila and discovers her own voice, her own being separate from Rama and her own path in life. In the very last story called 'The Shackled' we meet Rama whom we find bound by oaths and duties, sorrowful and longing for a life without the expectations of a kingdom tagging along.
Volga's Sita is not exactly the Sita we have come to know in our mythological stories, she is thoughtful, resourceful, humane, learning, unlearning, seeking help, falling and standing up, questioning the world around her and is a feminist icon. Volga's Liberation of Sita is a feminist book through and through and must be read as one of the most important of retold stories upon the premise of Ramayana.
We go back and forth in the Ramayana timeline with Sita at different stages of her life with Rama. Sita meets Surpanakha, Ahalya, Renuka Devi & Urmila and discovers her own voice, her own being separate from Rama and her own path in life. In the very last story called 'The Shackled' we meet Rama whom we find bound by oaths and duties, sorrowful and longing for a life without the expectations of a kingdom tagging along.
Volga's Sita is not exactly the Sita we have come to know in our mythological stories, she is thoughtful, resourceful, humane, learning, unlearning, seeking help, falling and standing up, questioning the world around her and is a feminist icon. Volga's Liberation of Sita is a feminist book through and through and must be read as one of the most important of retold stories upon the premise of Ramayana.