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Asura: Tale of the Vanquished (Tamil) by [Anand Neelakantan, Nagalakshmi Shanmugham]

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This is the Tamil translation of ASURA: TALE OF THE VANQUISHED. This is an epic tale of victory and defeat...of the vanquished Asura people, a story that has been cherished by the oppressed outcastes of India for 3000 years. Unlike Ramayana, the story of Ravanayana has never been told...until now. Perhaps the time has come for the dead and the defeated to speak.

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680 pages
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Tamil
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Manjul Publishing House
Publication date

1 January 2013
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4802 KB
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N8XX206
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Manjul Publishing House (1 January 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ Tamil
File size ‏ : ‎ 4802 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 680 pages

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Muthukumar G.V

Interesting Story from a complete differnet angle

Reviewed in India on 7 July 2021

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Ramayana - everyone knows the story, but from the perspective of Ravana(King of Lanka) and Batra (a common man from the asura community) is a different approach. Of course, it is against the glorified Rama (the Lord/King of Ayodhya), but we have to understand that we are reading from a different viewpoint, so the truth will be different this time. A lot of key events in Ramaya described, lot of characters, and while reading, sometimes we think - yes, this can the truth - and that's the power of the author's writing - it is convincing. Tamil translation is good but not wonderful - I mean the poetic sense is missing. Through the story, the author talks a lot about politics, economics, life, and lessons we learn from our experiences. Reading this book is a wonderful experience. I recommend this book.

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Not inpressed

Reviewed in India on 13 May 2021

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Writing drops at some places with no valid reason. Author's intention is very clear to glorify Ravana and do the opposite to Rama. No issues with the intention. But the way he narrates the story, I'm not convinced. At some places he glorifies asura clan and at other place lets down. I assume the translator had some tough time in doing the translation. I've read her other translated works. They are incredible. In my view, author has handled well the narration of emotional moments. Some part of the book are certainly not digestable. It's such a loooong book and made me to love and hate

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Loganathan

Must read

Reviewed in India on 26 March 2018

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Must read for tamil, just to know how history casted upon us, there are so many debates about ramayana and this is from Ravan’s side

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Translation is Damn Poor

Reviewed in India on 11 May 2017

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The Content and Idea of the Book is excellent, as we are only used to hear the story from Ram and not Ravanan.
But.. The Translation is intolerable. Why Nagalakshmi Shanmugam is using English words like "Bill", "Meter" and other language words "Jannal" and so on in many places and its irritating me. The translation is Horrible and Intolerable. May be She should read Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan and learn from that. Other wise the idea of the book is excellent.

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Sivaprakasam N

Ravana described in poor light!

Reviewed in India on 19 June 2021

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Author have made disgrace to Ravana. Ravana was depicted as much brace and intelligent in original Ramayana. Whereas in this book he made him as a subtle and a lucky person who made his victories out of mere luck. All his valient traits have been nullified. Why to write this book to show a great charater in poor light?
Please don't buy.

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